Minawu Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Minawu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Minawu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Minawu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Minawu is most common in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Minawu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Minawu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Minawu are found; 89 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,286,520. In Zimbabwe Minawu is most numerous in: Matabeleland North Province, where 75 percent are found, Bulawayo Province, where 8 percent are found and Harare Province, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 22 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minhawu | 92 | 4 | / |
| Minawou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Minabu | 83 | 17 | / |
| Munawu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Menawu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Minabui | 77 | 14 | / |
| Munhawu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Minowui | 77 | 2 | / |
| Minabou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Munahawu | 71 | 51 | / |
| Muinavau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meinabou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Minobu | 67 | 330 | / |
| Menabu | 67 | 88 | / |
| Munavu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Munewu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Menewu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Muenewu | 62 | 116 | / |
| Mmenabu | 62 | 28 | / |
| Munhewu | 62 | 16 | / |
| Menabui | 62 | 2 | / |
| Menabou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Menabau | 62 | 1 | / |
| Megnowou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Menobu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Minawu
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