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
The surname Hamua (Hindi: हमुआ) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamua? popularity and diffusion
Hamua is the 1,765,740th most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname Hamua is primarily found in Oceania, where 90 percent of Hamua live; 90 percent live in Oceania Islands and 90 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 38 people.
The last name Hamua is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 84,059. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Hela, where 76 percent reside, Southern Highlands, where 15 percent reside and Morobe, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea it exists 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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