Mawei Surname
Approximately 269 people bear this surname
Mawei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 164 | 1:806,398 | 61,285 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mawei (28) may also be a first name.
Mawei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mawei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mawei (Arabic: ماوى) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawei? popularity and diffusion
Mawei is the 966,131st most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. Mawei is primarily found in Asia, where 65 percent of Mawei are found; 62 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 62 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Mawei is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 28 people.
The surname Mawei is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 806,398. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: North Sulawesi, where 62 percent reside, Riau Islands, where 27 percent reside and East Java, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 23 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mawei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mawei in the Arabic language | ||
| ماوى | mawy | - |
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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
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- 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 Mawei
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