Hangwa Surname
Approximately 801 people bear this surname
Hangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 660 | 1:80,215 | 8,241 |
| Uganda | 97 | 1:402,467 | 25,105 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Hangwa (111) may also be a first name.
Hangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hangwa occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hangwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 430,251st most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 9,098,060 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Hangwa reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 890,531st most frequent first name world-wide, held by 111 people.
Hangwa is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 660 people, or 1 in 80,215. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Shinyanga Region, where 39 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 33 percent live and Simiyu Region, where 24 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Hangwa exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 12 percent live and Thailand, where 3 percent live.
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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 Hangwa
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