Hamowa Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Hamowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Hamowa (12) may also be a first name.
Hamowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamowa is most common in Niger. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamowa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Hamowa is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Hamowa live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Chadic Africa. Hamowa is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 12 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 3,198,670. In Niger Hamowa is most numerous in: Maradi Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Niger Hamowa is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 30 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 10 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 Hamowa
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