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 last name Hankwa has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hankwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,321,499th most frequent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. Hankwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hankwa are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Hankwa is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 99,685. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Southern Province, where 92 percent live, Central Province, where 7 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent live. Other than Zambia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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