Mawazi Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Mawazi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 244 | 1:159,997 | 13,888 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Mawazi (3,424) may also be a first name.
Mawazi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mawazi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mawazi is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawazi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 959,117th most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. Mawazi is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Mawazi live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mawazi is also the 121,618th most frequently used forename on earth, borne by 3,424 people.
The surname Mawazi is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 244 people, or 1 in 159,997. In Uganda Mawazi is mostly concentrated in: Kampala District, where 12 percent live, Bugiri District, where 10 percent live and Mayuge District, where 8 percent live. Barring Uganda this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and Afghanistan, where 1 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 Mawazi
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