Hwange Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Hwange Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 311 | 1:569,591 | 27,605 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hwange (67) may also be a first name.
Hwange Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hwange Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hwange is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hwange? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 860,770th most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 23,061,854 people. The last name Hwange is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Hwange reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most prevalent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 67 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 311 people, or 1 in 569,591. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 66 percent live, Taraba, where 28 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 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 Hwange
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