Mahawuya Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Mahawuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mahawuya (23) may also be a first name.
Mahawuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahawuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahawuya occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahawuya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahawuya reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequent forename worldwide It is held by 23 people.
The surname Mahawuya is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Mahawuya is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 63 percent reside, Kaduna, where 13 percent reside and Kano, where 13 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 11 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 Mahawuya
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