Hawd Surname

596,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 522 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somaliland
Highest density in:
Somaliland

Hawd Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hawd Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somaliland5051:6,931496
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Hawd (329) may also be a first name.

Hawd Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hawd Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Hawd (Arabic: عهود) is held by more people in Somaliland than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hawd? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hawd is the 596,518th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Hawd reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. Hawd is also the 483,360th most numerous forename at a global level, held by 329 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Somaliland, where it is held by 505 people, or 1 in 6,931. Besides Somaliland this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Egypt, where 1 percent live.

Hawd Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hawd has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hawd surname fell 59 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hawd Last Name Statistics demography

Hawd earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 35.63% less than the national average, earning $27,775 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chawd896/
Khawd891/
Hawds891/
Hawdh891/
Awd868,405/
Ahawhd801/
Howd75499/
Hafd75440/
Aawd75123/
Awwd759/
Auwd758/
Hawt757/
Awhd756/
Awdh755/
Awdz753/
Ajwd752/
Awtd751/
Awdd751/
Awdt751/
Chowd673,737/
Hawte67374/
Hafdh679/
Hawth676/
Howds673/
Gawdt672/
Khafd672/
Chawt672/
Haphd671/
Aswdh671/
Auwwd671/
Awwds671/
Ohwhd671/
Awwdh671/
Jawwd671/
Jawdh671/
Hewdt671/
Asswd671/
Aawdh671/

Hawd Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hawd in the Arabic language
عهودhwd-

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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 Hawd
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