Majwala Surname
Approximately 459 people bear this surname
Majwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 305 | 1:127,998 | 11,896 |
| Tanzania | 152 | 1:348,300 | 25,719 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Majwala (132) may also be a first name.
Majwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Majwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Majwala is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Majwala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Majwala? popularity and diffusion
Majwala is the 656,126th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,877,006 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Majwala are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Majwala is also the 807,735th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 132 people.
Majwala is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 305 people, or 1 in 127,998. In Uganda Majwala is most prevalent in: Rakai District, where 24 percent live, Wakiso District, where 22 percent live and Kampala District, where 19 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 33 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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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 Majwala
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