Hamsami Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Hamsami Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hamsami Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria581:3,054,18594,504
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Hamsami (13) may also be a first name.

Hamsami Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hamsami Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Hamsami is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hamsami? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hamsami is the 2,220,661st most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name Hamsami occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Hamsami are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hamsami is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 13 people.

Hamsami is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Yobe, where 60 percent are found, Borno, where 38 percent are found and Adamawa, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 18 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 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
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  • 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 Hamsami
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