Fwa Surname
Approximately 691 people bear this surname
Fwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 632 | 1:280,289 | 15,837 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fwa (281) may also be a first name.
Fwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fwa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fwa is the 482,070th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 10,546,376 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Fwa reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 528,876th most widely held forename world-wide, borne by 281 people.
The surname Fwa is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 632 people, or 1 in 280,289. In Nigeria Fwa is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 82 percent reside, Plateau, where 14 percent reside and Sokoto, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Fwa occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside and Singapore, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Fwa
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