Mahwa Surname
Approximately 874 people bear this surname
Mahwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 473 | 1:111,927 | 10,777 |
| South Africa | 146 | 1:371,080 | 33,514 |
| Yemen | 90 | 1:293,614 | 9,728 |
| Botswana | 55 | 1:39,762 | 7,636 |
| Uganda | 39 | 1:1,001,007 | 43,411 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Mahwa (664) may also be a first name.
Mahwa Demographics
Average Mahwa Salary in
South Africa
R 113,124
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mahwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahwa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mahwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahwa? popularity and diffusion
Mahwa is the 401,796th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 8,338,153 people. The surname Mahwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Mahwa reside; 59 percent reside in East Africa and 59 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mahwa is also the 322,067th most widespread forename on earth, borne by 664 people.
This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 473 people, or 1 in 111,927. In Tanzania Mahwa is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 82 percent live, Mara Region, where 15 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Mahwa exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 17 percent live and Yemen, where 10 percent live.
Mahwa Last Name Statistics demography
Mahwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.4% less than the national average, earning R 113,124 per year.
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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 Mahwa
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