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
The last name Hamoya is most common in Zambia. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Hamoya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hamoya is the 637,196th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 15,245,912 people. Hamoya is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Hamoya reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent forename worldwide, borne by 14 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 467 people, or 1 in 33,940. In Zambia it is most common in: Lusaka Province, where 37 percent are found, Central Province, where 33 percent are found and Southern Province, where 28 percent are found. Outside of Zambia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 2 percent are found and Japan, 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 Hamoya
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