M'Bawa Surname
Approximately 1,257 people bear this surname
M'Bawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,255 | 1:13,641 | 2,125 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
M'Bawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name M'Bawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname M'Bawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺒﺎﻭﻩ) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name M'Bawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name M'Bawa is the 302,077th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 5,797,570 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of M'Bawa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
M'Bawa is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,255 people, or 1 in 13,641. Barring Malawi this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
M'Bawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| M'Bawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺒﺎﻭﻩ | ambawh | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﺎﻭﺍ | ambawa | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﻮﻩ | ambwh | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 M'Bawa
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