Hammadu Surname
Approximately 4,718 people bear this surname
Hammadu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,625 | 1:38,301 | 3,085 |
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Hammadu (3,670) may also be a first name.
Hammadu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hammadu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hammadu occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hammadu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 100,175th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,544,626 people. The surname Hammadu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hammadu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hammadu is also the 116,485th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 3,670 people.
Hammadu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4,625 people, or 1 in 38,301. In Nigeria Hammadu is most common in: Adamawa, where 30 percent live, Gombe, where 28 percent live and Yobe, where 21 percent live. Barring Nigeria Hammadu is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
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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 Hammadu
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