Mahiyu Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Mahiyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mahiyu (59) may also be a first name.
Mahiyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahiyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahiyu is found most in Malawi. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahiyu? popularity and diffusion
Mahiyu is the 978,274th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. Mahiyu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahiyu are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 59 people.
This surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Excluding Malawi this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 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
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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 Mahiyu
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