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
Mawei (Arabic: ماوى) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 966,131st most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 65 percent of Mawei reside; 62 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 62 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held forename 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 most prevalent in: North Sulawesi, where 62 percent live, Riau Islands, where 27 percent live and East Java, where 6 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live.
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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