Jawiya Surname
Approximately 259 people bear this surname
Jawiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 231 | 1:169,001 | 14,391 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Jawiya (636) may also be a first name.
Jawiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jawiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jawiya occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jawiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 990,978th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Jawiya reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 329,982nd most widespread given name world-wide It is held by 636 people.
This last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 231 people, or 1 in 169,001. In Uganda Jawiya is most frequent in: Kiryandongo District, where 31 percent live, Masindi District, where 24 percent live and Nebbi District, where 13 percent live. Outside of Uganda this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent live and India, where 2 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 Jawiya
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