Hamsah Surname
Approximately 6,495 people bear this surname
Hamsah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 4,739 | 1:27,907 | 3,296 |
| Egypt | 1,434 | 1:64,111 | 6,013 |
| Malaysia | 227 | 1:129,931 | 8,406 |
| Philippines | 66 | 1:1,533,912 | 105,821 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Hamsah (38,051) may also be a first name.
Hamsah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamsah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamsah (Arabic: همش) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamsah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 75,559th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,122,024 people. The surname Hamsah is predominantly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Hamsah live; 77 percent live in Southeast Asia and 77 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Hamsah is also the 23,166th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 38,051 people.
This last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 4,739 people, or 1 in 27,907. In Indonesia Hamsah is most numerous in: South Sulawesi, where 14 percent reside, Jakarta, where 11 percent reside and Gorontalo, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 22 percent reside and Malaysia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamsah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamsah in the Arabic language | ||
| همش | hmsh | - |
| همسه | hmsh | - |
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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 Hamsah
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