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 held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hawaou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 209,010th most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 3,684,300 people. The surname Hawaou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hawaou reside; 60 percent reside in Central Africa and 44 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Hawaou is also the 20,981st most commonly used given name internationally It is held by 42,924 people.
Hawaou is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,624 people, or 1 in 12,789. In Cameroon Hawaou is mostly found in: Adamawa Region, where 69 percent live, East Region, where 10 percent live and North Region, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon Hawaou is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 13 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 5 percent live.
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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