Hamza Surname
Approximately 960,457 people bear this surname
Hamza Surname User-submission:
A male name, the origin is Arabic. It's one of the names of the lion; it means courage and power.
Hamza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 244,349 | 1:725 | 87 |
| Iraq | 147,356 | 1:238 | 43 |
| Egypt | 114,770 | 1:801 | 110 |
| Sudan | 82,881 | 1:453 | 54 |
| Pakistan | 45,452 | 1:3,930 | 421 |
| Niger | 40,167 | 1:478 | 79 |
| Tanzania | 33,541 | 1:1,578 | 204 |
| Bangladesh | 30,460 | 1:5,232 | 486 |
| Algeria | 30,417 | 1:1,270 | 97 |
| Saudi Arabia | 22,896 | 1:1,348 | 132 |
| Libya | 18,308 | 1:341 | 58 |
| Syria | 17,850 | 1:1,081 | 136 |
| Ethiopia | 16,903 | 1:5,771 | 915 |
| Yemen | 13,449 | 1:1,965 | 304 |
| Lebanon | 13,095 | 1:430 | 62 |
| Morocco | 11,655 | 1:2,958 | 246 |
| Iran | 9,549 | 1:8,041 | 1,107 |
| Chad | 6,162 | 1:2,206 | 400 |
| India | 4,955 | 1:154,806 | 9,717 |
| Cameroon | 4,686 | 1:4,432 | 532 |
| Afghanistan | 4,675 | 1:6,878 | 574 |
| Jordan | 4,173 | 1:2,119 | 401 |
| Ghana | 4,156 | 1:6,502 | 883 |
| Sri Lanka | 4,093 | 1:5,084 | 734 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,665 | 1:3,438 | 431 |
| Kenya | 2,536 | 1:18,210 | 2,150 |
| Turkey | 2,239 | 1:34,757 | 3,685 |
| Indonesia | 2,229 | 1:59,331 | 6,529 |
| Comoros | 1,591 | 1:471 | 73 |
| Kosovo | 1,579 | 1:1,179 | 172 |
| France | 1,573 | 1:42,227 | 5,310 |
| Kuwait | 1,446 | 1:2,628 | 334 |
| Mauritania | 1,283 | 1:3,192 | 390 |
| Israel | 1,228 | 1:6,969 | 1,074 |
| Ukraine | 1,207 | 1:37,716 | 5,449 |
| Romania | 1,139 | 1:17,628 | 2,270 |
| Bahrain | 1,117 | 1:1,207 | 156 |
| Hungary | 1,114 | 1:8,812 | 1,040 |
| Somalia | 1,078 | 1:12,479 | 828 |
| United States | 972 | 1:372,900 | 33,035 |
| Oman | 848 | 1:4,349 | 625 |
| Tunisia | 685 | 1:891 | 52 |
| Qatar | 580 | 1:4,066 | 409 |
| England | 579 | 1:96,232 | 10,237 |
| Bulgaria | 576 | 1:12,116 | 1,300 |
| Malaysia | 468 | 1:63,022 | 4,688 |
| Palestine | 452 | 1:10,064 | 2,014 |
| Spain | 442 | 1:105,774 | 8,493 |
| Albania | 418 | 1:6,971 | 1,332 |
| South Africa | 411 | 1:131,819 | 15,401 |
| Uganda | 277 | 1:140,936 | 12,711 |
| Canada | 269 | 1:136,972 | 14,140 |
| Sweden | 269 | 1:36,605 | 2,948 |
| Philippines | 231 | 1:438,261 | 54,279 |
| Germany | 217 | 1:370,993 | 35,221 |
| Czechia | 200 | 1:53,167 | 8,902 |
| Ivory Coast | 187 | 1:123,376 | 6,051 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 168 | 1:21,050 | 3,648 |
| Djibouti | 150 | 1:6,100 | 439 |
| Benin | 142 | 1:72,786 | 8,756 |
| Kazakhstan | 132 | 1:133,958 | 13,793 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Burkina Faso | 100 | 1:183,521 | 4,204 |
| Russia | 100 | 1:1,441,231 | 99,834 |
| Thailand | 93 | 1:759,552 | 124,340 |
| Switzerland | 92 | 1:89,271 | 9,885 |
| Denmark | 71 | 1:79,503 | 7,759 |
| Belgium | 69 | 1:166,618 | 22,787 |
| Austria | 64 | 1:133,054 | 18,198 |
| Maldives | 64 | 1:6,315 | 544 |
| Slovenia | 64 | 1:38,870 | 7,228 |
| Australia | 63 | 1:428,503 | 33,982 |
| Norway | 62 | 1:82,940 | 11,515 |
| North Macedonia | 61 | 1:34,450 | 4,070 |
| Slovakia | 60 | 1:88,941 | 17,149 |
| Serbia | 59 | 1:121,101 | 9,095 |
| Congo | 56 | 1:89,091 | 7,544 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Netherlands | 43 | 1:392,725 | 41,894 |
| Greece | 41 | 1:270,239 | 40,426 |
| Moldova | 32 | 1:111,293 | 12,952 |
| Northern Cyprus | 32 | 1:9,969 | 2,519 |
| Montenegro | 26 | 1:24,599 | 2,362 |
| Croatia | 24 | 1:176,192 | 22,291 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Venezuela | 22 | 1:1,372,913 | 18,810 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:254,944 | 12,577 |
| China | 20 | 1:68,366,078 | 3,721 |
| Tajikistan | 19 | 1:441,405 | 3,172 |
| Italy | 18 | 1:3,397,594 | 101,426 |
| Poland | 17 | 1:2,235,809 | 104,965 |
| Northern Ireland | 15 | 1:123,002 | 7,073 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Azerbaijan | 14 | 1:689,223 | 11,826 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 12 | 1:113,665 | 7,200 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Guyana | 7 | 1:108,889 | 7,175 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Eritrea | 4 | 1:1,187,975 | 480 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Hamža (1) are calculated separately.
Hamza (1,128,354) may also be a first name.
Hamza Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
A male name, the origin is Arabic. It's one of the names of the lion; it means courage and power.
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Hamza Religious Adherence
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Hamza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hamza (Arabic: حمِزه, Georgian: ჰამზა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻤﺰﻩ, Hindi: हमजा, Marathi: हमजा, Oriya: ହମଜା) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Hamža. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamza? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hamza is the 567th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,588 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Hamza live; 31 percent live in West Africa and 26 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hamza is also the 745th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 1,128,354 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 244,349 people, or 1 in 725. In Nigeria Hamza is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 20 percent reside, Katsina, where 11 percent reside and Borno, where 10 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 133 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 15 percent reside and Egypt, where 12 percent reside.
Hamza Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Muslim (89%) in Kenya, Shiite (49%) in Lebanon and Muslim (93%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Hamza last name are 11.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 65% registered with the party.
The amount Hamza earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 81.45% less than the national average, earning €5,572 per year; in Norway they earn 14.59% less than the national average, earning 295,580 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 12.69% less than the national average, earning R 207,480 per year; in United States they earn 14.64% more than the national average, earning $49,468 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.27% less than the national average, earning $47,063 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamza Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamza in the Georgian language | ||
| ჰამზა | hamza | - |
| Hamza in the Marathi language | ||
| हमजा | hamaja | 78.22 |
| हामजा | hamaja | 11.77 |
| हमझा | hamajha | 4.46 |
| हमज़ा | hamaza | 0.34 |
| हामज़ा | hamaza | 0.08 |
| अमजा | amaja | 0.04 |
| हामदा | hamada | 0.04 |
| हमाना | hamana | 0.04 |
| Hamza in the Oriya language | ||
| ହମଜା | hamaja | 75 |
| ହାମଜା | hamaja | 25 |
| Hamza in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻤﺰﻩ | hmzh | 68.64 |
| ﺣﻤﺰﺓ | hmzt | 28.83 |
| ﺣﻤﺰ | hmz | 2.53 |
| Hamza in the Hindi language | ||
| हमजा | hamaja | 55.92 |
| हमज़ा | hamaza | 28.7 |
| हमज़ा | hamaza | 8.88 |
| हम्जा | hamja | 3.55 |
| हम्ज़ा | hamza | 1.18 |
| हामज़ा | hamaza | 0.59 |
| हमजा़ | hamaja | 0.3 |
| हम्ज़ा | hamza | 0.3 |
| Hamza in the Arabic language | ||
| حمِزه | hmizh | - |
| حمزا | hmza | - |
| حمزة | hmzt | - |
| حمزه | hmzh | - |
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