Hamuya Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Hamuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 69 | 1:767,270 | 42,064 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Hamuya (34) may also be a first name.
Hamuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamuya is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Hamuya.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamuya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,237,939th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Hamuya are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Hamuya is also the 1,775,424th most commonly held given name worldwide, held by 34 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 767,270. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Ruvuma Region, where 97 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 3 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Hamuya
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