Hamsawi Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Hamsawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hamsawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia211:1,404,48759,312
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Hamsawi (61) may also be a first name.

Hamsawi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hamsawi is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Hamsawi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hamsawi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,882,373rd most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Hamsawi is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Hamsawi live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 96 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Hamsawi is also the 1,257,960th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 61 people.

This surname is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 1,404,487. In Malaysia Hamsawi is primarily found in: Sarawak, where 100 percent are found. Barring Malaysia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 15 percent are found and Algeria, where 4 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 Hamsawi
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