Hawiya Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Hawiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | 1:203,843 | 28,184 |
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hawiya (957) may also be a first name.
Hawiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hawiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hawiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻮﻳﻪ) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hawiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,727,723rd most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 41 percent of Hawiya are found; 38 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 38 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 260,889th most frequent forename internationally, held by 957 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 3,225,590. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: East Java, where 44 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 24 percent live and South Sumatra, where 22 percent live. Not including Indonesia Hawiya is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 36 percent live and Mauritania, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hawiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hawiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻮﻳﻪ | hwyh | 62.5 |
| ﻫﻮﻱ | hwy | 25 |
| ﺣﻮﻳﻪ | hwyh | 12.5 |
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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 Hawiya
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