Mawiya Surname
Approximately 600 people bear this surname
Mawiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 404 | 1:182,870 | 18,550 |
| Pakistan | 45 | 1:3,969,864 | 28,516 |
| Zimbabwe | 28 | 1:551,366 | 43,741 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Mawiya (1,082) may also be a first name.
Mawiya Demographics
Mawiya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mawiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mawiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mawiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﺎﻭﻳﻪ, Hindi: माविया) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 536,820th most widespread surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 12,145,910 people. Mawiya is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Mawiya live; 67 percent live in Central Africa and 67 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mawiya is also the 242,775th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 1,082 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 404 people, or 1 in 182,870. Beside The DR Congo this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 8 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent reside.
Mawiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Mawiya last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mawiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mawiya in the Hindi language | ||
| माविया | maviya | - |
| Mawiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﺎﻭﻳﻪ | mawyh | 50 |
| ﻣﻌﺎﻭﻳﺔ | mawyt | 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 Mawiya
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