Hankwa Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Hankwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 159 | 1:99,685 | 7,986 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
Hankwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hankwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hankwa is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Hankwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hankwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hankwa is the 1,321,499th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. The last name Hankwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hankwa live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 99,685. In Zambia Hankwa is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 92 percent live, Central Province, where 7 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent live. Besides Zambia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and Tanzania, 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 Hankwa
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