Mawou Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Mawou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Mawou (25) may also be a first name.
Mawou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mawou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mawou is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,730,171st most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. Mawou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mawou are found; 71 percent are found in Central Africa and 71 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 25 people.
The last name Mawou is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 944,049. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: West Region, where 68 percent reside, Far North Region, where 9 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 9 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 14 percent reside and Niger, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Mawou
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