Hungwa Surname
Approximately 2,143 people bear this surname
Hungwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,544 | 1:114,730 | 7,601 |
| Zimbabwe | 575 | 1:26,849 | 4,126 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hungwa (236) may also be a first name.
Hungwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hungwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hungwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Hungwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hungwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 195,730th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,400,628 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Hungwa live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 583,008th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 236 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,544 people, or 1 in 114,730. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 93 percent are found, Taraba, where 2 percent are found and Plateau, where 1 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 27 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Hungwa
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