Hamouya Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Hamouya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 298 | 1:129,636 | 17,743 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Hamouya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamouya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamouya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻤﻮﻳﻪ) is more frequently found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamouya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 883,255th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Hamouya live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb.
Hamouya is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is held by 298 people, or 1 in 129,636. In Algeria Hamouya is mostly concentrated in: Sidi Bel Abbès Province, where 59 percent reside, Mascara Province, where 20 percent reside and Naâma Province, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Algeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent reside and Mauritania, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamouya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamouya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻤﻮﻳﻪ | hmwyh | - |
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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
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- 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 Hamouya
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