Hwana Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Hwana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Hwana (36) may also be a first name.
Hwana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hwana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hwana is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hwana? popularity and diffusion
Hwana is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Hwana occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Hwana are found; 71 percent are found in Southern Africa and 71 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Hwana is also the 1,717,090th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 36 people.
The surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 908,132. In Zimbabwe Hwana is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 100 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live.
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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 Hwana
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