Maawuya Surname
Approximately 706 people bear this surname
Maawuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 705 | 1:251,266 | 14,522 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Maawuya (1,441) may also be a first name.
Maawuya Demographics
Maawuya Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Maawuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maawuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maawuya is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maawuya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 474,151st most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,322,303 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maawuya reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 205,541st most common given name at a global level. It is borne by 1,441 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 705 people, or 1 in 251,266. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 22 percent reside, Sokoto, where 19 percent reside and Kano, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 0 percent reside.
Maawuya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Maawuya surname is predominantly Muslim (96%) in Nigeria.
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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 Maawuya
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