Naawa Surname
Approximately 207 people bear this surname
Naawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 190 | 1:101,011 | 4,144 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Naawa (80) may also be a first name.
Naawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Naawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Naawa is most common in Niger. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Naawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Naawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,155,901st most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Naawa are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Naawa is also the 1,075,395th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 80 people.
The surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 190 people, or 1 in 101,011. In Niger Naawa is most frequent in: Zinder Region, where 56 percent live, Maradi Region, where 41 percent live and Dosso Region, where 2 percent live. Outside of Niger this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
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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 Naawa
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