Maouja Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Maouja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Maouja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maouja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maouja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﺟﻪ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maouja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most numerous surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Maouja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maouja are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Maouja is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Mauritania Maouja occurs in one country. It is also common in Morocco, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maouja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maouja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﺟﻪ | mwjh | - |
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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 Maouja
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