Hamu Surname
Approximately 3,866 people bear this surname
Hamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2,619 | 1:50,496 | 5,665 |
| India | 217 | 1:3,534,864 | 100,127 |
| Brazil | 205 | 1:1,044,265 | 36,766 |
| New Caledonia | 120 | 1:2,302 | 244 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Tanzania | 81 | 1:653,600 | 39,027 |
| Nigeria | 64 | 1:2,767,856 | 88,308 |
| Spain | 64 | 1:730,501 | 31,369 |
| Argentina | 59 | 1:724,465 | 49,289 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Finland | 14 | 1:392,622 | 26,475 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Hamú (8) are calculated separately.
Hamu (5,117) may also be a first name.
Hamu Demographics
Average Hamu Salary in
United States
$29,012 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Hamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamu (Arabic: همو, Bengali: হামু, Hindi: हमू, Marathi: हामु, Oriya: ହାମୁ, Tibetan: ཧཱ་མུ་) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Hamú. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hamu is the 118,911th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,885,035 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Hamu are found; 68 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 68 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 94,824th most common forename internationally It is held by 5,117 people.
The surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 2,619 people, or 1 in 50,496. In Indonesia Hamu is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 64 percent reside, Gorontalo, where 12 percent reside and Southeast Sulawesi, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia Hamu is found in 41 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.
Hamu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Hamu has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hamu surname increased 4,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Hamu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Hamu last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Hamu earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 32.76% less than the national average, earning $29,012 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.71% less than the national average, earning $48,834 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamu in the Bengali language | ||
| হামু | hamu | - |
| Hamu in the Hindi language | ||
| हमू | hamu | 62.63 |
| हमु | hamu | 26.77 |
| हामू | hamu | 6.57 |
| हामु | hamu | 3.54 |
| हेमू | hemu | 0.51 |
| Hamu in the Oriya language | ||
| ହାମୁ | hamu | 58.33 |
| ହମୁ | hamu | 33.33 |
| ହାମୂ | hamu | 8.33 |
| Hamu in the Marathi language | ||
| हामु | hamu | 39.17 |
| हामू | hamu | 29.08 |
| हमु | hamu | 17.8 |
| हमू | hamu | 13.95 |
| Hamu in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཧཱ་མུ་ | hamu | 33.33 |
| ལྷ་མོ། | lhamo | 33.33 |
| ལྷ་མོ་ | lhamo | 33.33 |
| Hamu in the Arabic language | ||
| همو | hmw | - |
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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 Hamu
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