Mayawa Surname
Approximately 832 people bear this surname
Mayawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 455 | 1:34,835 | 3,518 |
| Tanzania | 172 | 1:307,800 | 23,568 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mayawa (67) may also be a first name.
Mayawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mayawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mayawa (Marathi: माया) has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mayawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mayawa is the 417,776th most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,759,070 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mayawa reside; 55 percent reside in Southern Africa and 55 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most common first name on earth It is held by 67 people.
This last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 455 people, or 1 in 34,835. In Zambia Mayawa is mostly concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 51 percent are found, Central Province, where 34 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 10 percent are found. Not including Zambia it exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 21 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mayawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mayawa in the Marathi language | ||
| माया | maya | - |
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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 Mayawa
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