Hawahu Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Hawahu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 118 | 1:1,501,210 | 57,254 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Hawahu (2,885) may also be a first name.
Hawahu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hawahu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hawahu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Hawahu.
How Common Is The Last Name Hawahu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,666,404th most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hawahu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hawahu is also the 135,334th most commonly held given name world-wide, held by 2,885 people.
Hawahu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 1,501,210. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Niger, where 36 percent are found, Sokoto, where 31 percent are found and Kwara, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 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
- 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 Hawahu
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