Hamzat Surname
Approximately 31,264 people bear this surname
Hamzat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 30,500 | 1:5,808 | 717 |
| Jordan | 524 | 1:16,875 | 2,668 |
| England | 95 | 1:586,506 | 35,379 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Palestine | 25 | 1:181,954 | 8,921 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Syria | 6 | 1:3,216,837 | 11,326 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Hamzat (7,893) may also be a first name.
Hamzat Demographics
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Hamzat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamzat Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamzat (Arabic: همزة, Georgian: ჰამზათ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamzat? popularity and diffusion
It is the 17,687th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 233,097 people. The last name Hamzat occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Hamzat live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 71,727th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 7,893 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 30,500 people, or 1 in 5,808. In Nigeria Hamzat is most frequent in: Oyo, where 41 percent live, Lagos, where 17 percent live and Ogun, where 10 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 30 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Hamzat Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Muslim (88%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Hamzat are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.
Hamzat earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 38.18% more than the national average, earning $59,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamzat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamzat in the Georgian language | ||
| ჰამზათ | hamzat | - |
| Hamzat in the Arabic language | ||
| همزة | hmzt | - |
| حمزات | hmzat | - |
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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 Hamzat
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