Hamwala Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Hamwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 131 | 1:120,992 | 9,219 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Hamwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamwala has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamwala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,484,726th most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Hamwala live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 120,992. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 44 percent are found, Southern Province, where 34 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Zambia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Hamwala
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