Mawia Surname
Approximately 9,567 people bear this surname
Mawia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9,180 | 1:5,030 | 709 |
| Pakistan | 157 | 1:1,137,859 | 13,974 |
| India | 73 | 1:10,507,745 | 199,418 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Mawia (28,390) may also be a first name.
Mawia Demographics
Mawia Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mawia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mawia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mawia (Bengali: মইয়া, Hindi: मावीया) occurs most in Kenya. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 53,379th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 761,738 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mawia reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 29,089th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 28,390 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 9,180 people, or 1 in 5,030. In Kenya Mawia is mostly found in: Kitui County, where 74 percent reside, Machakos County, where 8 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 2 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Mawia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mawia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mawia in the Bengali language | ||
| মইয়া | ma'iya | - |
| Mawia in the Hindi language | ||
| मावीया | maviya | 50 |
| माविया | maviya | 50 |
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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 Mawia
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