Mamawa Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Mamawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mamawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Mamawa (371) may also be a first name.

Mamawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mamawa occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mamawa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,436,415th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Mamawa are found; 44 percent are found in Central Africa and 44 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mamawa is also the 450,877th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 371 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Apart from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent reside and Nigeria, where 16 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mamaiwa9216/
Mamaewa929/
Mammawa925/
Mamawas924/
Maimawa923/
Mamaïwa921/
Mamaway921/
Maemawah8622/
Maimaiwa864/
Mamaiwad861/
M'Mamawa861/
Mamawi83602/
Mamaba83447/
Mamawe83179/
Mamava8339/
Mamowa835/
Mamewa832/
Mamawo831/
Momawa831/
Mhamauswa801/
Mamaeva7725,627/
Mammowa7717/
Mahmawy774/
Mammava774/
Mamaiva773/
Mamabah772/
Mameiwa772/
Matmawi771/
Mmamowa771/
Maimawe771/
Mamavai771/
Mamawee771/
Maimava771/
Mahmawi771/
Mammawe771/
Mamaaba771/
Mammaeva71601/
Maymaeva7151/
Mamaivad7114/
Mamabhai719/
Mammabai715/
Mamaybay711/
Mamhoswa711/
Mamashua711/
Mmamoewa711/
Maimaeva711/
Mamavi67358/
Mamova6792/
Mamoba6746/
Mameva6725/
Mamabe6723/
Mamabo6713/
Mamabi6712/
Mamave6711/
Mamachhua673/
Mahamaswe672/
Mamowi671/
Mamowo671/
Mahamaeva671/
Mahamavad671/
Mamowe671/
Mamewo671/
Momowa671/
Momawo671/
Memewa671/
Memowa671/

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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
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  • 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 Mamawa
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