Hamua Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Hamua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 97 | 1:84,059 | 11,132 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Hamua (38) may also be a first name.
Hamua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamua (Hindi: हमुआ) is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamua? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hamua is the 1,765,740th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. Hamua occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Hamua are found; 90 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 90 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Hamua is also the 1,662,754th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 38 people.
Hamua is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 84,059. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Hela, where 76 percent reside, Southern Highlands, where 15 percent reside and Morobe, where 5 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 3 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamua in the Hindi language | ||
| हमुआ | hamu'a | 25 |
| समुआ | samu'a | 25 |
| हामूा | hamua | 25 |
| हमुा | hamua | 25 |
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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 Hamua
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