Hamwanza Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Hamwanza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 166 | 1:95,481 | 7,743 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Hamwanza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamwanza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamwanza has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamwanza? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,333,288th most frequent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Hamwanza reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Hamwanza is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 95,481. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 81 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 16 percent live and Central Province, where 2 percent live. Barring Zambia it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chamwanza | 94 | 23 | / |
| Amwanza | 93 | 1 | / |
| Hamwanja | 88 | 146 | / |
| Hamwanze | 88 | 9 | / |
| Hemwanza | 88 | 1 | / |
| Khamwansa | 82 | 101 | / |
| Haamwanja | 82 | 8 | / |
| Chamwanzi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chamwanja | 82 | 1 | / |
| Omwanza | 80 | 616 | / |
| Ambanza | 80 | 131 | / |
| Amwanzo | 80 | 20 | / |
| Amwanzi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ambanzea | 75 | 4 | / |
| Khamwansi | 71 | 47 | / |
| Khamwange | 71 | 1 | / |
| Haamwanji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omwansa | 67 | 1,478 | / |
| Ombanza | 67 | 82 | / |
| Ambonza | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ambanzi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ambanze | 67 | 21 | / |
| Hanwanchai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ambanzo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emwanzo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Hamwanza
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