Hanwa Surname
Approximately 471 people bear this surname
Hanwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 362 | 1:57,373 | 7,409 |
| Nigeria | 72 | 1:2,460,316 | 81,464 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
Hanwa (4,364) may also be a first name.
Hanwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hanwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hanwa is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Hanwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Hanwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hanwa is the 643,972nd most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 15,472,497 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Hanwa live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 104,530th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 4,364 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 362 people, or 1 in 57,373. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 53 percent are found, North Region, where 46 percent are found and Centre Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 15 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Hanwa
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