Medawa Surname
Approximately 370 people bear this surname
Medawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 215 | 1:48,073 | 6,085 |
| Nigeria | 145 | 1:1,221,674 | 49,169 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Medawa (83) may also be a first name.
Medawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Medawa is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Medawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 769,129th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 19,696,070 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Medawa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,052,971st most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 83 people.
This last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 215 people, or 1 in 48,073. In Benin Medawa is primarily concentrated in: Alibori Department, where 100 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 0 percent are found. Besides Benin this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 39 percent are found and Niger, 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 Medawa
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