Hamwijk Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Hamwijk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hamwijk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands711:237,84831,022
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Hamwijk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hamwijk has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Hamwijk.

How Common Is The Last Name Hamwijk? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,185,341st most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Hamwijk reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Hamwijk is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 237,848. In The Netherlands Hamwijk is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 27 percent reside, North Holland, where 24 percent reside and Utrecht, where 23 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chamwik861/
Hamwick860/
Hamvik777/
Hanwik774/
Hamnvik7167/
Hanwick7129/
Khamwic713/
Chambik712/
Amvik677/
Chanwick675/
Chamvikh671/
Hannwick670/

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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 Hamwijk
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