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 last name Hungwa is most common in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hungwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hungwa is the 195,730th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,400,628 people. Hungwa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Hungwa are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hungwa is also the 583,008th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 236 people.
Hungwa is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,544 people, or 1 in 114,730. In Nigeria Hungwa is most common in: Benue, where 93 percent reside, Taraba, where 2 percent reside and Plateau, where 1 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Hungwa is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 27 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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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