Maawa Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Maawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 91 | 1:429,003 | 26,108 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Maawa (103) may also be a first name.
Maawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maawa is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,295,379th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Maawa are found; 53 percent are found in East Africa and 51 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Maawa is also the 930,172nd most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 103 people.
The last name Maawa is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 429,003. In Uganda Maawa is primarily found in: Buikwe District, where 19 percent are found, Mayuge District, where 10 percent are found and Kayunga District, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found and Indonesia, where 12 percent are found.
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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 Maawa
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