Hwa
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Hwa is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 264K
- KPNorth Korea≈1 in 12K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 189 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
≈10,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
North Korea, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hwa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 138K | — | Hwa | 27 |
| AO Angola | #744 | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Hwa | 1 |
| MY Malaysia | #722 | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Hwa | 69 |
| KP North Korea | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 1 | — | — |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 188K | listed | — | 1 |
| US United States | — | 1,258 | 1 in 264K | 1.1K | Hwa | 189 |
| SG Singapore | #699 | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Hwa | 68 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈26 est. | ≈1 in 47K | listed | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Hwa is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In enm, alternative form of who (“who”, nominative)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In rif, to go down, to come down, to descend
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
ISO 639-3 language code for Wané.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, who (interrogative)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In lue, pointed stake
as a wordBantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003
In itv, areca nut
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Zhang Huab. 232CNnot in their usual nameChinese official and poet (232-300)
- Grand Prince Uianb. 1348KPnot in their usual nameprince of Joseon (1348 ~ 1408)
- Huang Huab. 1913CNnot in their usual nameChinese revolutionary, politician and diplomat (1913–2010)
- Szeto Wahb. 1931CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong politician and teacher (1931-2011)
- Shen Zhihuab. 1950CNnot in their usual nameChinese historian
- Yu Huab. 1960CNnot in their usual nameChinese writer (1960–)
- Liang Huab. 1964CNnot in their usual nameChinese business executive
- Huang Huab. 1969CNnot in their usual nameChinese badminton player
- Um Tae-hwab. 1980KRSouth Korean film director and screenwriter
- Kim Chae-hwab. 1988KRSouth Korean figure skater
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 281 | #69,793 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 280 | #66,073 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 269 | #76,963 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Hwa a male or female name?
- Hwa is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Hwa have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 10 thousand people named Hwa in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hwa.
- How common is the name Hwa?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,258 people named Hwa in 2020, about 1 in 264 thousand residents.
- How common is Hwa compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Hwa is the 699th most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hwa” — the 699th most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.