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 last name Mawah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻭﺍﻩ) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 38,587th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 534,748 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Mawah reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 95 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Mawah is also the 98,563rd most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 4,808 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is carried by 12,058 people, or 1 in 14,815. In Pakistan Mawah is mostly found in: Punjab, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Pakistan this surname exists 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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