Maweja Surname
Approximately 2,829 people bear this surname
Maweja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,182 | 1:33,859 | 4,218 |
| Malawi | 627 | 1:27,303 | 4,104 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Maweja (121) may also be a first name.
Maweja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maweja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maweja is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maweja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 155,051st most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 2,576,015 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maweja are found; 77 percent are found in Central Africa and 77 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 848,089th most commonly held forename worldwide, held by 121 people.
The surname Maweja is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 2,182 people, or 1 in 33,859. Other than The DR Congo it is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 22 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Maweja
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