Hinga Surname
Approximately 4,490 people bear this surname
Hinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,836 | 1:16,283 | 1,946 |
| Nigeria | 483 | 1:366,755 | 19,624 |
| Tanzania | 277 | 1:191,125 | 16,438 |
| India | 242 | 1:3,169,692 | 93,234 |
| United States | 235 | 1:1,542,378 | 104,414 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Argentina | 60 | 1:712,390 | 48,679 |
| Indonesia | 44 | 1:3,005,664 | 168,399 |
| Albania | 24 | 1:121,419 | 10,681 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 1:215,634 | 21,249 |
| Colombia | 18 | 1:2,654,115 | 13,778 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Ecuador | 13 | 1:1,223,527 | 16,126 |
| Peru | 13 | 1:2,444,933 | 27,186 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Micronesia | 4 | 1:26,561 | 731 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Hingá (48) are calculated separately.
Hinga (2,248) may also be a first name.
Hinga Demographics
Average Hinga Salary in
United States
$47,990 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Hinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hinga (Hindi: हींगा, Oriya: ହି) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Hingá. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hinga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 104,504th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,623,061 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Hinga reside; 69 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Hinga is also the 157,558th most commonly used given name in the world, held by 2,248 people.
Hinga is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 2,836 people, or 1 in 16,283. In Kenya Hinga is mostly found in: Kiambu County, where 33 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 19 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 12 percent are found. Barring Kenya this surname occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent are found and Tanzania, where 6 percent are found.
Hinga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Hinga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hinga surname rose 23,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Hinga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Hinga last name are 19.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.04% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Hinga earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 2.98% more than the national average, earning $23,379,700 COP per year and in United States they earn 11.22% more than the national average, earning $47,990 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hinga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hinga in the Hindi language | ||
| हींगा | hinga | 69.79 |
| हिंगा | hinga | 29.69 |
| हीगा | higa | 0.52 |
| Hinga in the Oriya language | ||
| ହି | hi | 68.42 |
| ହିା | hia | 31.58 |
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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 Hinga
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