Hawaou Surname
Approximately 1,978 people bear this surname
Hawaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,624 | 1:12,789 | 1,734 |
| Niger | 251 | 1:76,462 | 3,364 |
| Burkina Faso | 100 | 1:183,521 | 4,204 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Hawaou (42,924) may also be a first name.
Hawaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hawaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hawaou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻮﺍﺀ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hawaou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 209,010th most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,684,300 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hawaou live; 60 percent live in Central Africa and 44 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 20,981st most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 42,924 people.
Hawaou is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,624 people, or 1 in 12,789. In Cameroon Hawaou is most frequent in: Adamawa Region, where 69 percent are found, East Region, where 10 percent are found and North Region, where 9 percent are found. Beside Cameroon it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 13 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hawaou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻮﺍﺀ | hwa | - |
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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 Hawaou
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