Finwa Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Finwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Finwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon381:546,55442,843
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806

Finwa (48) may also be a first name.

Finwa Last Name Facts

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

Finwa occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Finwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Finwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,100,440th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Finwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Finwa live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 73 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Finwa is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 48 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 546,554. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 66 percent live, Far North Region, where 21 percent live and Centre Region, where 5 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Finway915/
Foinwa913/
Finhwa912/
Finwaya831/
Fenwa8048/
Finba8027/
Finwo8012/
Finua806/
Finwe802/
Fenway7318/
Phinwa732/
Finwie732/
Finbah732/
Fuinwi731/
Fenwah731/
Finmba731/
Finbai731/
Finbay730/
Phinwai6739/
Finwood679/
Fnwe672/
Fnua672/
Fnva671/
Fnba671/
Vnwa671/
Fennway671/

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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 Finwa
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