Mawaa Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Mawaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 202 | 1:228,613 | 16,073 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Mawaa (31) may also be a first name.
Mawaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mawaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mawaa is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawaa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mawaa is the 1,152,132nd most widely held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mawaa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Mawaa is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 31 people.
The surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 228,613. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Turkana County, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent live and Bangladesh, where 0 percent live.
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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 Mawaa
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