Muhawiya Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Muhawiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Muhawiya (67) may also be a first name.
Muhawiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muhawiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muhawiya occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muhawiya? popularity and diffusion
Muhawiya is the 4,116,508th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Muhawiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muhawiya live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Muhawiya is also the 1,191,548th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 67 people.
Muhawiya is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Zamfara, where 73 percent are found, Lagos, where 14 percent are found and Kaduna, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Muhawiya occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhawiyah | 94 | 5 | / |
| Mouhawiya | 94 | 1 | / |
| Muawiyah | 88 | 530 | / |
| Mouawiya | 88 | 36 | / |
| Muhaviya | 88 | 2 | / |
| Muhawuya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mauawiya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mouawiyah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Muawwiyah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Muhawiyeh | 82 | 1 | / |
| Muhawij | 80 | 10 | / |
| Muhaweeyah | 78 | 1 | / |
| Muhawieh | 75 | 71 | / |
| Muawuyah | 75 | 19 | / |
| Muaviyah | 75 | 8 | / |
| Mouawiye | 75 | 8 | / |
| Mouawyya | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mu'awuya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muhaweieh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mouaawiye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mouawie | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mouawea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouhawej | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mouawieh | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mouaweie | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mauabay | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mieaway | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mihavaj | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mouhabou | 50 | 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 Muhawiya
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