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 surname Hangwa is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hangwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 430,251st most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,098,060 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Hangwa live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 890,531st most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 111 people.
The last name Hangwa is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 660 people, or 1 in 80,215. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Shinyanga Region, where 39 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 33 percent reside and Simiyu Region, where 24 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 12 percent reside and Thailand, where 3 percent reside.
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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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