Mailawa Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Mailawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 120 | 1:173,076 | 18,427 |
| Niger | 53 | 1:362,114 | 10,354 |
Mailawa (31) may also be a first name.
Mailawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mailawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mailawa is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mailawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,305,105th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mailawa reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 31 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 173,076. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 67 percent are found, North Region, where 26 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 5 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 31 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 Mailawa
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