Mayewa Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Mayewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 72 | 1:735,300 | 41,343 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Mayewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mayewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mayewa is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mayewa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mayewa? popularity and diffusion
Mayewa is the 1,907,068th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Mayewa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mayewa reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 735,300. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Pwani Region, where 88 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent are found and Lindi Region, where 6 percent are found. Besides Tanzania Mayewa is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 19 percent are found and Malawi, where 4 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 Mayewa
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