Hamdu Surname
Approximately 5,519 people bear this surname
Hamdu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,415 | 1:40,392 | 4,505 |
| Tanzania | 2,201 | 1:24,053 | 2,963 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Indonesia | 148 | 1:893,576 | 66,999 |
| Nigeria | 85 | 1:2,084,032 | 72,421 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Hamdu (1,005) may also be a first name.
Hamdu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamdu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hamdu (Bengali: হামদু, Hindi: हम्दू, Marathi: हमदू, Oriya: ହାମ୍ଦୁ) is found most in Ethiopia. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Hamdu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamdu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hamdu is the 87,197th most common surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,320,447 people. The surname Hamdu occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Hamdu reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 44 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Hamdu is also the 253,774th most numerous forename on earth. It is borne by 1,005 people.
Hamdu is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,415 people, or 1 in 40,392. Without taking into account Ethiopia this surname is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 40 percent reside and Ghana, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamdu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamdu in the Bengali language | ||
| হামদু | hamadu | - |
| Hamdu in the Oriya language | ||
| ହାମ୍ଦୁ | hamdu | - |
| Hamdu in the Marathi language | ||
| हमदू | hamadu | 60 |
| हामदु | hamadu | 20 |
| हमदु | hamadu | 20 |
| Hamdu in the Hindi language | ||
| हम्दू | hamdu | 50 |
| हमदू | hamadu | 25 |
| हमदु | hamadu | 25 |
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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
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- 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 Hamdu
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