Midjiyawa Surname

391,429th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 904 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Midjiyawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Midjiyawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo8401:8,6282,051
Cameroon461:451,50137,608
Benin141:738,25740,906
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Niger21:9,596,00886,358

Midjiyawa (145) may also be a first name.

Midjiyawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Midjiyawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Midjiyawa is borne by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Midjiyawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Midjiyawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 391,429th most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,061,445 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Midjiyawa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Midjiyawa is also the 766,399th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 145 people.

The last name Midjiyawa is most common in Togo, where it is carried by 840 people, or 1 in 8,628. Not including Togo this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and Benin, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mijiyawa941,366/
Maijiyawa8917/
Mijjiyawa891/
Mijiyawaa891/
Medjiyawa891/
Migiyawa8232/
Miziyawa8211/
Mejiyawa827/
Misiyawa823/
Mijiyewa822/
Mijeyawa821/
Mijiyawo821/
Midziyawo781/
Miziyawo71261/
Mejeyawa711/
Megijiwa711/
Midziyavo6716/
Metdiyewa671/
Midjaibai671/

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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 Midjiyawa
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