Hamuntu Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Hamuntu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Hamuntu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1341:118,2839,069
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618

Hamuntu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hamuntu is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hamuntu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hamuntu is the 1,511,557th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. The surname Hamuntu occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Hamuntu live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 118,283. In Zambia Hamuntu is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 74 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 14 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Zambia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chamuntu9322/
Khamuntu931/
Haamuntu931/
Amuntu9233/
Amuntau861/
Amountou801/
Omuntu7722/
Emuntu772/
Homontu717/
Om'untu711/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Hamuntu
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