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 last name Mawia (Bengali: মইয়া, Hindi: मावीया) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 53,379th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 761,738 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mawia are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 29,089th most widely held forename world-wide, held by 28,390 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 9,180 people, or 1 in 5,030. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kitui County, where 74 percent live, Machakos County, where 8 percent live and Nairobi County, where 7 percent live. Barring Kenya Mawia exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 2 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Mawia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily 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
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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 Mawia
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