Brownwest Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Brownwest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brownwest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England11:55,718,059489,080

Brownwest Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Brownwest Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Brownwest is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Brownwest.

How Common Is The Last Name Brownwest? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,957,383rd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Brownwest are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Brownwest is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Rivers, where 74 percent are found, Lagos, where 16 percent are found and Osun, where 5 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Brownwest is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brownwe882/
Brownwitt781/
Brownwy751/
Brawnwe751/
Brownbe750/
Brownwhite741/
Brownbey719/
Brownway711/
Brownbee710/
Brownvi631/

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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 Brownwest
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