Hamawa Surname
Approximately 1,385 people bear this surname
Hamawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,012 | 1:20,523 | 2,791 |
| Nigeria | 336 | 1:527,211 | 25,962 |
| Mauritania | 28 | 1:146,245 | 8,155 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Hamawa (1,424) may also be a first name.
Hamawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻤﺎﻭﻩ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 279,172nd most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,261,766 people. Hamawa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamawa live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 206,824th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 1,424 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,012 people, or 1 in 20,523. In Cameroon Hamawa is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 69 percent live, North Region, where 18 percent live and Centre Region, where 7 percent live. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 24 percent live and Mauritania, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻤﺎﻭﻩ | hmawh | 40 |
| ﺣﻤﺎﻭﺍ | hmawa | 30 |
| ﺣﻤﺎﻭ | hmaw | 20 |
| ﺣﻤﻮ | hmw | 10 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hamawa
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