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
The surname Hamawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻤﺎﻭﻩ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 279,172nd most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 5,261,766 people. Hamawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamawa live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Hamawa is also the 206,824th most frequently used forename world-wide. It is borne by 1,424 people.
The last name Hamawa is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,012 people, or 1 in 20,523. In Cameroon Hamawa is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 69 percent are found, North Region, where 18 percent are found and Centre Region, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 24 percent are found and Mauritania, where 2 percent are found.
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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