Mawua Surname
Approximately 1,056 people bear this surname
Mawua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,020 | 1:38,274 | 4,927 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Mawua (15) may also be a first name.
Mawua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mawua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mawua is most common in Uganda. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawua? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mawua is the 346,411th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 6,901,085 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mawua live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Mawua is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 15 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,020 people, or 1 in 38,274. In Uganda Mawua is most numerous in: Arua District, where 67 percent reside, Masindi District, where 10 percent reside and Maracha District, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Uganda Mawua occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 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 Mawua
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