Muway Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Muway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Muway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muway Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muway (Hindi: मुवाया) is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Muway? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,369,340th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Muway are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Muway is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 492,530. Barring The DR Congo this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 4 percent reside and Liberia, where 1 percent reside.
Muway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Muway has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Muway last name contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Muway Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Muway in the Hindi language | ||
| मुवाया | muvaya | - |
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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 Muway
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