Hamsata Surname
Approximately 399 people bear this surname
Hamsata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 316 | 1:65,725 | 8,325 |
| Burkina Faso | 57 | 1:321,967 | 5,544 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Hamsata (2,075) may also be a first name.
Hamsata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamsata Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamsata is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamsata? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hamsata is the 727,600th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 18,264,526 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamsata are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 165,460th most widespread given name throughout the world It is held by 2,075 people.
This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 316 people, or 1 in 65,725. In Cameroon Hamsata is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 92 percent reside, North Region, where 8 percent reside and West Region, where 0 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Hamsata is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 14 percent reside and Niger, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Hamsata
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