Hamsa Surname
Approximately 11,035 people bear this surname
Hamsa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,262 | 1:339,109 | 18,648 |
| Indonesia | 1,913 | 1:69,132 | 7,449 |
| Philippines | 1,498 | 1:67,582 | 11,591 |
| Egypt | 1,495 | 1:61,495 | 5,792 |
| Nigeria | 1,283 | 1:138,069 | 8,898 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| United Arab Emirates | 446 | 1:20,543 | 2,382 |
| Qatar | 256 | 1:9,211 | 1,005 |
| Niger | 197 | 1:97,421 | 4,026 |
| Malaysia | 168 | 1:175,561 | 10,623 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Syria | 132 | 1:146,220 | 3,697 |
| United States | 93 | 1:3,897,408 | 212,857 |
| Czechia | 87 | 1:122,224 | 19,686 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Israel | 66 | 1:129,661 | 14,046 |
| Germany | 42 | 1:1,916,797 | 106,618 |
| Turkey | 36 | 1:2,161,706 | 72,332 |
| Argentina | 26 | 1:1,643,977 | 88,124 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Austria | 24 | 1:354,810 | 38,119 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 1:1,668,373 | 13,584 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Hamsa (94,899) may also be a first name.
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Hamsa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamsa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamsa (Arabic: همسا, Bengali: হামসা, Hindi: हमसा, Marathi: हमसा, Oriya: ହମ୍ସା) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamsa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 46,950th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 660,403 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 68 percent of Hamsa reside; 32 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 27 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Hamsa is also the 10,674th most commonly held given name on earth It is held by 94,899 people.
This surname is most widespread in India, where it is held by 2,262 people, or 1 in 339,109. In India it is most numerous in: Kerala, where 44 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 25 percent are found and Telangana, where 24 percent are found. Excluding India it is found in 50 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 17 percent are found and The Philippines, where 14 percent are found.
Hamsa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Hamsa surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 83.33% registered with the political party.
The amount Hamsa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 84.68% less than the national average, earning R 36,408 per year and in United States they earn 7.5% more than the national average, earning $46,385 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamsa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamsa in the Bengali language | ||
| হামসা | hamasa | - |
| Hamsa in the Oriya language | ||
| ହମ୍ସା | hamsa | - |
| Hamsa in the Marathi language | ||
| हमसा | hamasa | - |
| Hamsa in the Hindi language | ||
| हमसा | hamasa | 88.46 |
| हामसा | hamasa | 7.69 |
| हम्सा | hamsa | 3.85 |
| Hamsa in the Arabic language | ||
| همسا | hmsa | - |
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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 Hamsa
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