Hamoya Surname
Approximately 478 people bear this surname
Hamoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 467 | 1:33,940 | 3,438 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Hamoya (14) may also be a first name.
Hamoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamoya occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamoya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 637,196th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 15,245,912 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Hamoya live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 14 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 467 people, or 1 in 33,940. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Lusaka Province, where 37 percent live, Central Province, where 33 percent live and Southern Province, where 28 percent live. Barring Zambia Hamoya is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 2 percent live and Japan, where 0 percent live.
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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 Hamoya
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