Mamawu Surname

1,218,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Mamawu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mamawu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1851:399,34933,942
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mamawu Last Name Facts

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

Mamawu has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mamawu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mamawu is the 1,218,745th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mamawu are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 185 people, or 1 in 399,349. Aside from The DR Congo Mamawu is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 3 percent reside and Ghana, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mamhawu921/
Momawu8375/
Mamabu8318/
Mamabou774/
Mamavut771/
Mammabou711/
Mahamabou674/
Mamovu671/
Mamevu671/
Mamoubou575/
Momobu507/
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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 Mamawu
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