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
Madaway is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Madaway click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Madaway? popularity and diffusion
The surname Madaway is the 1,918,812th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname is predominantly found 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. Madaway is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 21 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 47,404. In Liberia Madaway is mostly concentrated in: Grand Cape Mount County, where 62 percent live, Montserrado County, where 25 percent live and Bomi County, where 10 percent live. Barring Liberia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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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