Hammawa Surname
Approximately 2,032 people bear this surname
Hammawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,967 | 1:90,057 | 6,279 |
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Hammawa (684) may also be a first name.
Hammawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hammawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hammawa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Hammawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hammawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 204,459th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 3,586,391 people. The surname Hammawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hammawa reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 316,415th most prevalent given name in the world, borne by 684 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,967 people, or 1 in 90,057. In Nigeria it is most common in: Adamawa, where 87 percent reside, Taraba, where 6 percent reside and Borno, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Hammawa
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