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 surname Hanwa occurs most in Cameroon. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hanwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 643,972nd most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 15,472,497 people. This surname is predominantly 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 frequently held first name on earth, held by 4,364 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 362 people, or 1 in 57,373. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 53 percent live, North Region, where 46 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Cameroon Hanwa is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 15 percent live and The Ivory Coast, 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 Hanwa
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