Menawa Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Menawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Menawa (21) may also be a first name.
Menawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Menawa is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Menawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,530,696th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Menawa reside; 48 percent reside in Central Africa and 48 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Menawa is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used given name internationally, borne by 21 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon Menawa is primarily concentrated in: West Region, where 85 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 4 percent live and Centre Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live and Indonesia, where 21 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 Menawa
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