Hame, Debar

Hame (Hame) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1583 as a neighborhood in the city of Rahovnik, in the vilayet of Upper Debar. The settlement had a total of 39 households, of whom 25 were Christian and 14 Muslim. The Christian anthroponymy attested was mostly Slavic in character, with a minority of Albanian anthroponyms that appear also displaying instances of Slavicisation (e.g., Jovan Prishleshi; Ivanko Husha; etc.).^[1]

As of the 2021 census, Hame had 19 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[2]

• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 15
• Albanians 4

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 135 inhabitants.^[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[3]

• Albanians 135