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/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahawuya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mahawuya is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Mahawuya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahawuya are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently used forename globally It is held by 23 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Mahawuya is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 63 percent are found, Kaduna, where 13 percent are found and Kano, where 13 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 11 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 Mahawuya
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