Hamodu Surname
Approximately 1,174 people bear this surname
Hamodu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,170 | 1:151,404 | 9,599 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Hamodu (708) may also be a first name.
Hamodu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamodu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamodu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamodu? popularity and diffusion
Hamodu is the 318,721st most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,207,450 people. Hamodu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamodu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hamodu is also the 310,437th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 708 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,170 people, or 1 in 151,404. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Oyo, where 20 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Yobe, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Hamodu occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and Norway, 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 Hamodu
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