Hawau Surname
Approximately 5,514 people bear this surname
Hawau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,459 | 1:32,450 | 2,701 |
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Hawau (60,160) may also be a first name.
Hawau Demographics
Hawau Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Hawau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hawau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hawau occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hawau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hawau is the 87,255th most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,321,644 people. Hawau occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hawau reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hawau is also the 15,825th most frequently occurring given name worldwide It is held by 60,160 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5,459 people, or 1 in 32,450. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 47 percent live, Zamfara, where 34 percent live and Gombe, where 3 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.
Hawau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Hawau surname is primarily Muslim (100%) 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 Hawau
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