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 occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Madaway? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,918,812th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname Madaway is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Madaway reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Madaway is also the 2,368,944th most common given name throughout the world It is held by 21 people.
Madaway is most widespread in Liberia, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 47,404. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Grand Cape Mount County, where 62 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 25 percent reside and Bomi County, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Liberia this surname exists 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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