Hauwa Surname
Approximately 34,968 people bear this surname
Hauwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 34,850 | 1:5,083 | 665 |
| Indonesia | 54 | 1:2,449,059 | 145,688 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hauwa (471,257) may also be a first name.
Hauwa Demographics
Hauwa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Hauwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hauwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hauwa (Hindi: हौवा, Oriya: ହାଉୱା) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hauwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 15,942nd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 208,406 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hauwa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,152nd most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 471,257 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 34,850 people, or 1 in 5,083. In Nigeria Hauwa is primarily found in: Yobe, where 16 percent are found, Borno, where 14 percent are found and Sokoto, where 10 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
Hauwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Hauwa last name is principally Muslim (96%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hauwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hauwa in the Hindi language | ||
| हौवा | hauva | - |
| Hauwa in the Oriya language | ||
| ହାଉୱା | ha'uwa | 50 |
| ହାଉଓା | ha'uoa | 25 |
| ହଉଆ | ha'u'a | 25 |
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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 Hauwa
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