Mallamawa Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Mallamawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mallamawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1201:1,476,19056,575

Mallamawa (14) may also be a first name.

Mallamawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mallamawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mallamawa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mallamawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Mallamawa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,658,108th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mallamawa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mallamawa is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 14 people.

Mallamawa is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 120 people, or 1 in 1,476,190. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Zamfara, where 50 percent live, Sokoto, where 42 percent live and Gombe, where 4 percent live.

Mallamawa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Mallamawa last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

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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 Mallamawa
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