Mawaya Surname
Approximately 4,580 people bear this surname
Mawaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,222 | 1:7,704 | 1,140 |
| DR Congo | 1,430 | 1:51,664 | 6,231 |
| Zimbabwe | 358 | 1:43,124 | 6,647 |
| Tanzania | 335 | 1:158,035 | 14,174 |
| Kenya | 96 | 1:481,041 | 24,996 |
| South Africa | 47 | 1:1,152,717 | 66,933 |
| Namibia | 42 | 1:57,367 | 6,674 |
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mawaya (171) may also be a first name.
Mawaya Demographics
Average Mawaya Salary in
South Africa
R 168,612
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mawaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mawaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mawaya occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 102,788th most prevalent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,591,167 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mawaya reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mawaya is also the 698,971st most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 171 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 2,222 people, or 1 in 7,704. Apart from Malawi it occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 31 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent reside.
Mawaya Last Name Statistics demography
Mawaya earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.05% less than the national average, earning R 168,612 per year.
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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 Mawaya
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