Madaway Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Madaway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 93 | 1:47,404 | 4,264 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Madaway (21) may also be a first name.
Madaway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Madaway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Madaway is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Madaway? popularity and diffusion
The last name Madaway is the 1,918,812th most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. Madaway occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Madaway are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 21 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 47,404. In Liberia Madaway is most numerous in: Grand Cape Mount County, where 62 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 25 percent reside and Bomi County, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 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 Madaway
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