Hamese Surname
Approximately 847 people bear this surname
Hamese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 842 | 1:64,344 | 8,089 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hamese (13) may also be a first name.
Hamese Demographics
Average Hamese Salary in
South Africa
R 162,252
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Hamese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hamese has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamese? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 411,827th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,603,950 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamese live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name globally, borne by 13 people.
The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 842 people, or 1 in 64,344. In South Africa Hamese is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 47 percent live, Limpopo, where 42 percent live and North West, where 8 percent live. Barring South Africa Hamese is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Hamese Last Name Statistics demography
Hamese earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.72% less than the national average, earning R 162,252 per year.
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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 Hamese
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