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 most common in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Moweya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moweya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moweya reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 75 percent are found and Cross River, where 25 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and Niger, where 17 percent are found.
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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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