Hammey Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Hammey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 139 | 1:138,072 | 5,185 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Hammey (157) may also be a first name.
Hammey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hammey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hammey is borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Hammey.
How Common Is The Last Name Hammey? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,380,086th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Hammey reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Hammey is also the 732,696th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 157 people.
It is most commonly held in Niger, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 138,072. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 83 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 6 percent reside and Diffa Region, where 5 percent reside. Barring Niger Hammey exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 3 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 Hammey
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