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 commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Maawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Maawa? popularity and diffusion
Maawa is the 1,295,379th most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Maawa live; 53 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Maawa is also the 930,172nd most numerous first name in the world, held by 103 people.
Maawa is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 429,003. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Buikwe District, where 19 percent reside, Mayuge District, where 10 percent reside and Kayunga District, where 9 percent reside. Besides Uganda it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside and Indonesia, where 12 percent reside.
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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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