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
Mahwa is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 401,796th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 8,338,153 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Mahwa are found; 59 percent are found in East Africa and 59 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 322,067th most numerous given name worldwide. It is borne by 664 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 473 people, or 1 in 111,927. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 82 percent live, Mara Region, where 15 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs 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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