Hauwau Surname
Approximately 23,686 people bear this surname
Hauwau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23,685 | 1:7,479 | 873 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Hauwau (227,316) may also be a first name.
Hauwau Demographics
Hauwau Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Hauwau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hauwau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hauwau occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hauwau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 22,907th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 307,673 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hauwau are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hauwau is also the 4,616th most frequently used forename on earth, borne by 227,316 people.
The last name Hauwau is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 23,685 people, or 1 in 7,479. In Nigeria Hauwau is most common in: Sokoto, where 31 percent reside, Kebbi, where 27 percent reside and Zamfara, where 24 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Hauwau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Hauwau surname is principally Muslim (99%) in Nigeria.
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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 Hauwau
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