Madouwa Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Madouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Madouwa (13) may also be a first name.
Madouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Madouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Madouwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺩﻭﺍ) is most common in Niger. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Madouwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Madouwa are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 13 people.
The last name Madouwa is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 1,919,202. In Niger it is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 70 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 30 percent reside. Apart from Niger this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside and Mauritania, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Madouwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Madouwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﺩﻭﺍ | madwa | - |
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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 Madouwa
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