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 borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Hamsata.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamsata? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hamsata is the 727,600th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,264,526 people. Hamsata occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamsata live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Chadic Africa. Hamsata is also the 165,460th most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 2,075 people.
This surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 316 people, or 1 in 65,725. In Cameroon Hamsata is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 92 percent live, North Region, where 8 percent live and West Region, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon Hamsata occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 14 percent live and Niger, where 5 percent live.
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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 Hamsata
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