Hamoa Surname
Approximately 1,288 people bear this surname
Hamoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,278 | 1:16,251 | 2,225 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
Hamoa (2,127) may also be a first name.
Hamoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hamoa occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamoa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 296,030th most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 5,658,033 people. The surname Hamoa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Hamoa reside; 80 percent reside in Central Africa and 68 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 162,945th most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 2,127 people.
Hamoa is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,278 people, or 1 in 16,251. In Cameroon Hamoa is most frequent in: Adamawa Region, where 74 percent are found, North Region, where 12 percent are found and East Region, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 1 percent are found and Taiwan, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Hamoa
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