Moweya Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Moweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Moweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moweya is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moweya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,593,402nd most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moweya are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Moweya is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 75 percent reside and Cross River, where 25 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Moweya is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and Niger, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Moweya
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