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 occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Medawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Medawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 769,129th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Medawa are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Medawa is also the 1,052,971st most widely held given name throughout the world, held by 83 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 48,073. In Benin Medawa is most prevalent in: Alibori Department, where 100 percent live and Borgou Department, where 0 percent live. Outside of Benin Medawa exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 39 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.
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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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