Hamisu Surname
Approximately 179,551 people bear this surname
Hamisu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 179,399 | 1:987 | 121 |
| Cameroon | 104 | 1:199,703 | 20,621 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Hamisu (177,168) may also be a first name.
Hamisu Demographics
Hamisu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Hamisu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamisu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamisu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamisu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,131st most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 40,588 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamisu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hamisu is also the 5,933rd most widely held given name internationally, borne by 177,168 people.
Hamisu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 179,399 people, or 1 in 987. In Nigeria Hamisu is mostly found in: Kano, where 27 percent are found, Katsina, where 23 percent are found and Zamfara, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
Hamisu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Hamisu surname is principally Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.
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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 Hamisu
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