Mowa Surname
Approximately 9,216 people bear this surname
Mowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 3,988 | 1:18,525 | 2,315 |
| Bangladesh | 3,424 | 1:46,541 | 2,607 |
| South Africa | 500 | 1:108,355 | 13,046 |
| Cameroon | 328 | 1:63,320 | 8,055 |
| Namibia | 269 | 1:8,957 | 1,729 |
| Papua New Guinea | 134 | 1:60,849 | 7,857 |
| Philippines | 114 | 1:888,055 | 80,963 |
| Tanzania | 94 | 1:563,209 | 35,741 |
| Zimbabwe | 57 | 1:270,846 | 28,330 |
| Congo | 55 | 1:90,711 | 7,856 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Mowa (2,208) may also be a first name.
Mowa Demographics
Mowa Political Affiliation
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Mowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mowa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻮ, Hindi: मोवा, Oriya: େମାୱା) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 55,154th most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 790,749 people. Mowa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 59 percent of Mowa live; 47 percent live in Central Africa and 47 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 159,191st most widely held given name throughout the world It is held by 2,208 people.
The surname Mowa is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 3,988 people, or 1 in 18,525. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 37 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.
Mowa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mowa has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 450 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mowa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Mowa surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80% being registered with the political party.
The amount Mowa earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 40.01% less than the national average, earning R 142,560 per year and in United States they earn 46.62% less than the national average, earning $23,031 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mowa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mowa in the Hindi language | ||
| मोवा | mova | - |
| Mowa in the Oriya language | ||
| େମାୱା | emawa | - |
| Mowa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻮ | amw | 21.43 |
| ﻣﻮ | mw | 17.86 |
| ﺍﻣﻮﻩ | amwh | 17.86 |
| ﺍﻣﻮﺍ | amwa | 14.29 |
| ﺃﻣﻮ | amw | 7.14 |
| ﻣﻮﻩ | mwh | 7.14 |
| ﻣﻮﺍ | mwa | 3.57 |
| ﺍﻣﻮﻯ | amwy | 3.57 |
| ﻣﻮﻭﺍ | mwwa | 3.57 |
| ﺍﻣﻮﺓ | amwt | 3.57 |
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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 Mowa
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