Majiwa Surname
Approximately 1,444 people bear this surname
Majiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 800 | 1:57,725 | 5,707 |
| Tanzania | 301 | 1:175,886 | 15,352 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Zimbabwe | 78 | 1:197,926 | 23,035 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Majiwa (96) may also be a first name.
Majiwa Demographics
Majiwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Majiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Majiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Majiwa is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Majiwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 270,160th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,046,777 people. The last name Majiwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Majiwa are found; 76 percent are found in East Africa and 43 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 968,397th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 96 people.
The surname Majiwa is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 800 people, or 1 in 57,725. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Nairobi County, where 38 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 31 percent live and Migori County, where 27 percent live. Beside Kenya Majiwa is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 21 percent live and Malawi, where 14 percent live.
Majiwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Majiwa last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Majiwa
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