Longwai Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Longwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Longwai (11) may also be a first name.
Longwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Longwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Longwai occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Longwai? popularity and diffusion
Longwai is the 2,979,664th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Longwai live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 11 people.
The last name Longwai is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria Longwai is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 50 percent reside, Kano, where 33 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 17 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Zambia, 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
- 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 Longwai
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