Fwah Surname

554,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 575 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Fwah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fwah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5731:309,15017,177
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Fwah (114) may also be a first name.

Fwah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fwah is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fwah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 554,308th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 12,673,993 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fwah reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 877,214th most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 114 people.

The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 573 people, or 1 in 309,150. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 86 percent live, Plateau, where 5 percent live and Kano, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 0 percent live and Singapore, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fwahd891/
Fwa86691/
Fway7521/
Vwah7512/
Fwai754/
Fwwa752/
Fwha752/
Fwas752/
Fwaj752/
Wfwa752/
Fwea751/
Ffwa751/
Vfwa751/
Pfwa751/
Fuadh67157/
Fuach6710/
Fuaah675/
Whbah674/
Fwaaz674/
Bwaha672/
Fuaht671/
Bwaah671/
Whuah671/
Phwah671/
Fuash671/
Fweat671/
Fwaas671/

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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 Fwah
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis