Hawalo Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Hawalo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Hawalo (13) may also be a first name.
Hawalo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hawalo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hawalo occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Hawalo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hawalo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Hawalo is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Hawalo are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hawalo is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name globally It is held by 13 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Hawalo is most prevalent in: Borno, where 50 percent reside and Zamfara, where 50 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Hawalo
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