Maawiye Surname
Approximately 580 people bear this surname
Maawiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 392 | 1:34,316 | 1,714 |
| Kenya | 165 | 1:279,878 | 18,255 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Maawiye Demographics
Maawiye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Maawiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maawiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maawiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﺎﻭﻳﺔ) is held by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maawiye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maawiye is the 550,571st most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 12,564,734 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Maawiye live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in Cushitic Africa.
The surname Maawiye is most widely held in Somalia, where it is carried by 392 people, or 1 in 34,316. Not including Somalia this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 28 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 2 percent reside.
Maawiye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Maawiye last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maawiye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maawiye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﺎﻭﻳﺔ | mawyt | - |
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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 Maawiye
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