Maweda Surname
Approximately 444 people bear this surname
Maweda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 298 | 1:177,656 | 15,509 |
| Uganda | 129 | 1:302,630 | 20,937 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Maweda (362) may also be a first name.
Maweda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maweda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maweda has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Maweda.
How Common Is The Last Name Maweda? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 672,867th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 16,413,392 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maweda live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Maweda is also the 457,558th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 362 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 298 people, or 1 in 177,656. In Tanzania Maweda is most numerous in: Simiyu Region, where 54 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 37 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent live. Apart from Tanzania it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 29 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 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 Maweda
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