Mawah Surname
Approximately 13,628 people bear this surname
Mawah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 12,058 | 1:14,815 | 978 |
| Bangladesh | 811 | 1:196,494 | 6,734 |
| Indonesia | 330 | 1:400,755 | 33,989 |
| Cameroon | 199 | 1:104,367 | 12,272 |
| Mauritius | 65 | 1:19,899 | 4,127 |
| Liberia | 64 | 1:68,883 | 5,877 |
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mawah (4,808) may also be a first name.
Mawah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mawah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mawah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻭﺍﻩ) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mawah.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 38,587th most frequent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 534,748 people. Mawah is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Mawah reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 95 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 98,563rd most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 4,808 people.
This last name is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 12,058 people, or 1 in 14,815. In Pakistan Mawah is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Pakistan it is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 6 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mawah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mawah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﻭﺍﻩ | mawah | - |
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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 Mawah
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