Mawoua Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Mawoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 148 | 1:140,332 | 15,641 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Mawoua (44) may also be a first name.
Mawoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mawoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mawoua is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawoua? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,315,412th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Mawoua are found; 87 percent are found in Central Africa and 86 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mawoua is also the 1,525,482nd most frequent first name at a global level, held by 44 people.
The surname Mawoua is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 140,332. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: West Region, where 44 percent are found, Centre Region, where 28 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 25 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Mawoua exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent are found and The Congo, where 1 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 Mawoua
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