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) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Maouja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maouja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maouja is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maouja live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania Maouja is found in one country. It is also common in Morocco, where 13 percent are found.
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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