Mahwel Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Mahwel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 117 | 1:1,514,041 | 57,594 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
Mahwel (31) may also be a first name.
Mahwel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahwel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mahwel is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahwel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,658,108th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The last name Mahwel is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mahwel live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mahwel is also the 1,874,099th most numerous forename in the world, borne by 31 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 1,514,041. In Nigeria Mahwel is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 89 percent are found, Ondo, where 4 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 3 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 Mahwel
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