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
The last name Hamodu is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamodu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 318,721st most numerous family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 6,207,450 people. Hamodu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamodu reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 310,437th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 708 people.
The surname Hamodu is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,170 people, or 1 in 151,404. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 20 percent reside, Lagos, where 15 percent reside and Yobe, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Hamodu exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Norway, 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 Hamodu
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