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
Maawiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﺎﻭﻳﺔ) is held by more people in Somalia than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maawiye? popularity and diffusion
Maawiye is the 550,571st most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 12,564,734 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Maawiye live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in Cushitic Africa.
Maawiye is most frequently occurring in Somalia, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 34,316. Outside of Somalia this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 28 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 2 percent are found.
Maawiye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Maawiye surname is predominantly 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
- 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 Maawiye
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