Hamit Surname
Approximately 21,358 people bear this surname
Hamit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 14,924 | 1:911 | 153 |
| Cameroon | 1,823 | 1:11,393 | 1,546 |
| Indonesia | 1,152 | 1:114,800 | 11,663 |
| India | 635 | 1:1,207,977 | 48,413 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Malaysia | 334 | 1:88,306 | 6,159 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Niger | 298 | 1:64,403 | 2,976 |
| Kazakhstan | 238 | 1:74,296 | 8,851 |
| Turkey | 227 | 1:342,826 | 21,741 |
| United States | 205 | 1:1,768,092 | 116,364 |
| England | 149 | 1:373,947 | 26,392 |
| Iran | 115 | 1:667,674 | 35,714 |
| Albania | 68 | 1:42,854 | 5,917 |
| Northern Cyprus | 60 | 1:5,317 | 1,088 |
| South Africa | 55 | 1:985,049 | 61,274 |
| Brunei | 50 | 1:8,375 | 1,042 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| North Macedonia | 43 | 1:48,871 | 5,276 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 31 | 1:43,999 | 4,008 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| Afghanistan | 25 | 1:1,286,127 | 11,103 |
| Bulgaria | 24 | 1:290,788 | 14,851 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 1:704,635 | 14,756 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 43 | 1:1,167,876 | 66,381 |
Hamit (74,010) may also be a first name.
Hamit Demographics
Hamit Religious Adherence
in Kazakhstan
Religious Adherence
in Kazakhstan
Hamit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamit Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamit (Arabic: حميت, Bengali: হামিত, Georgian: ჰამით, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻤﺖ, Hindi: हमीत, Marathi: हमीत, Oriya: ହମିତ) is more commonly found in Chad than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamit? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hamit is the 25,261st most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 341,209 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Hamit reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 13,233rd most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 74,010 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Chad, where it is carried by 14,924 people, or 1 in 911. Beside Chad it occurs in 59 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 9 percent reside and Indonesia, where 5 percent reside.
Hamit Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Hamit has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 477 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 3,725 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hamit Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Melkite Greek Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Hamit surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.
The amount Hamit earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 5.25% more than the national average, earning R 250,116 per year; in United States they earn 1.98% less than the national average, earning $42,294 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.74% less than the national average, earning $46,333 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamit Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamit in the Georgian language | ||
| ჰამით | hamit | - |
| Hamit in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻤﺖ | hmt | - |
| Hamit in the Bengali language | ||
| হামিত | hamita | 96.15 |
| হামিত্ | hamit | 3.85 |
| Hamit in the Oriya language | ||
| ହମିତ | hamita | 80.43 |
| ହମିତ୍ | hamit | 10.87 |
| ହମିତତାି | hamitatai | 2.17 |
| ହାମିତ | hamita | 2.17 |
| ହମିଜ | hamija | 2.17 |
| ହମିତାଇଁ | hamita'im | 2.17 |
| Hamit in the Marathi language | ||
| हमीत | hamita | 66.67 |
| हािमत | haimata | 22.22 |
| हामित | hamita | 11.11 |
| Hamit in the Hindi language | ||
| हमीत | hamita | 38.46 |
| हामित | hamita | 34.62 |
| हमित | hamita | 15.38 |
| हामित़ | hamita | 7.69 |
| हामीत | hamita | 3.85 |
| Hamit in the Arabic language | ||
| حميت | hmyt | - |
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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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- 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 Hamit
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