Muauya Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Muauya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Muauya (18) may also be a first name.
Muauya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muauya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muauya is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Muauya.
How Common Is The Last Name Muauya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Muauya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muauya reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Muauya is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 18 people.
The surname Muauya is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Muauya is mostly concentrated in: Zamfara, where 68 percent live, Sokoto, where 26 percent live and Kaduna, where 5 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhauya | 92 | 1 | / |
| Muaauya | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mbauya | 83 | 323 | / |
| Muayia | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mwauya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Muaiya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Muayyad | 77 | 171 | / |
| Muayyat | 77 | 17 | / |
| Muayyah | 77 | 16 | / |
| Muaiyad | 77 | 14 | / |
| Muaiyat | 77 | 12 | / |
| Mwahuya | 77 | 9 | / |
| Muasiya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muaseya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbouaya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muahiya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muayiya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muaye | 73 | 7 | / |
| Muaoa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Muoau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwashuya | 71 | 831 | / |
| Mwauseya | 71 | 6 | / |
| Muasuiyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbouya | 67 | 341 | / |
| Mvouya | 67 | 7 | / |
| Muoaju | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwauia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwauye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbauau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouhouaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwauja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwachauya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbouau | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Muauya
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