Moawiya Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Moawiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 131 | 1:586,126 | 32,884 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Moawiya (34) may also be a first name.
Moawiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moawiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moawiya is found in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Moawiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Moawiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,491,356th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. The last name Moawiya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Moawiya reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 34 people.
Moawiya is most numerous in Iran, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 586,126. In Iran Moawiya is mostly found in: Khuzestan Province, where 74 percent reside, Kerman Province, where 15 percent reside and Fars Province, where 11 percent reside. Besides Iran it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 4 percent reside and Algeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mouawiya | 93 | 36 | / |
| Moawiyah | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mouawiyah | 88 | 1 | / |
| Moaviya | 86 | 23 | / |
| Moaweya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Moawaia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Moabiya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mohaviya | 80 | 13 | / |
| Mouawiye | 80 | 8 | / |
| Mouawyya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Moaaviya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moawea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moawoa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mohabhiya | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mouaawiye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mouawie | 71 | 9 | / |
| Moaveya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Maoviya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maovaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mouawea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moaivay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mahoviya | 67 | 205 | / |
| Mohabiyo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mohawaie | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mohabiye | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mouawieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouaweie | 67 | 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
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- 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 Moawiya
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