Hwacha Surname
Approximately 228 people bear this surname
Hwacha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 211 | 1:73,167 | 10,843 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hwacha (77) may also be a first name.
Hwacha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hwacha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hwacha (Arabic: حواشا) has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hwacha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,082,743rd most widespread family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 31,962,921 people. The last name Hwacha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Hwacha are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Hwacha is also the 1,100,117th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 77 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 211 people, or 1 in 73,167. In Zimbabwe Hwacha is primarily concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 55 percent reside, Harare Province, where 16 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 4 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hwacha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hwacha in the Arabic language | ||
| حواشا | hwasha | - |
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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
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- 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 Hwacha
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