Modewa Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Modewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Modewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Modewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Modewa is found most frequently in Botswana. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Modewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,530,696th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname Modewa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Modewa reside; 57 percent reside in Southern Africa and 57 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Botswana, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 66,271. Besides Botswana Modewa occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent live and Brazil, where 2 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
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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 Modewa
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