Hamsata Surname

727,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Hamsata Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hamsata Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3161:65,7258,325
Burkina Faso571:321,9675,544
Niger201:959,60121,357
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

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
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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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