Madiaw Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Madiaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Madiaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Madiaw (781) may also be a first name.

Madiaw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Madiaw Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Madiaw (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺟﺎﻭ) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Madiaw.

How Common Is The Last Name Madiaw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,812,366th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Madiaw reside; 36 percent reside in Central Africa and 36 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Madiaw is also the 293,584th most widely held forename on earth, held by 781 people.

This last name is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 18,469,892. Beside The DR Congo this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 36 percent are found and Mauritania, where 18 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Madiawe924/
Maddiawe864/
Madyaw839/
Madiaf834/
Madiab832/
Modiaw831/
Modiawe774/
Madjawe773/
Madayow771/
Madjauwe7115/
Mahadiow7111/
Mahadeaw714/
Maidjawe711/
Madyav679/
Madjaf675/
Mediaf672/
Magyaw672/
Madiob671/
Madjow671/
Madiov671/

Madiaw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Madiaw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﺎﺟﺎﻭmajaw45.45
ﻣﺎﺟﻮmajw27.27
ﻣﺠﺎﻭmjaw9.09
ﻣﺎﺩﻳﺎﻭmadyaw9.09
ﻣﺠﻮmjw9.09

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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
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  • 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 Madiaw
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