Mahawa Surname
Approximately 461 people bear this surname
Mahawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 235 | 1:225,283 | 18,694 |
| Cameroon | 92 | 1:225,751 | 22,624 |
| Ivory Coast | 46 | 1:501,549 | 15,911 |
| Niger | 42 | 1:456,953 | 12,306 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Mahawa (17,048) may also be a first name.
Mahawa Demographics
Average Mahawa Salary in
United States
$35,750 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mahawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺣﻮﻯ) is found most in Tanzania. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mahawa is the 654,010th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 15,808,126 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Mahawa reside; 52 percent reside in East Africa and 51 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mahawa is also the 42,450th most widespread first name globally, held by 17,048 people.
It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 235 people, or 1 in 225,283. In Tanzania Mahawa is primarily concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 40 percent live, Mara Region, where 30 percent live and Arusha Region, where 22 percent live. Not including Tanzania it exists in 20 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent live.
Mahawa Last Name Statistics demography
Mahawa earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﺣﻮﻯ | mahwy | - |
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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 Mahawa
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