Maewa Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Maewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Maewa (24) may also be a first name.
Maewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maewa is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Maewa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maewa is the 2,718,172nd most widespread family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 45 percent of Maewa are found; 29 percent are found in East Africa and 24 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous first name globally, borne by 24 people.
Maewa is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 3,552,300. In Kenya Maewa is mostly concentrated in: Kwale County, where 31 percent are found, Lamu County, where 31 percent are found and Tana River County, where 31 percent are found. Outside of Kenya it is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 24 percent are found and New Zealand, where 16 percent are found.
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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 Maewa
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