Nadwa Surname
Approximately 364 people bear this surname
Nadwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Kenya | 50 | 1:923,598 | 33,552 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Nadwa (690) may also be a first name.
Nadwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nadwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nadwa is most common in Egypt. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nadwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nadwa is the 778,856th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 20,020,731 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Nadwa reside; 76 percent reside in North Africa and 76 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 314,827th most numerous given name worldwide, borne by 690 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 275 people, or 1 in 334,312. Besides Egypt this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 14 percent reside and Iraq, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngadwa | 91 | 22 | / |
| Nadwah | 91 | 12 | / |
| Nadhwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nadwas | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nadwi | 80 | 1,937 | / |
| Nadua | 80 | 835 | / |
| Nadva | 80 | 39 | / |
| Natwa | 80 | 34 | / |
| Nadwe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nedwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngatwa | 73 | 72 | / |
| Ngadua | 73 | 55 | / |
| Naduea | 73 | 33 | / |
| Naddua | 73 | 23 | / |
| Nadwie | 73 | 18 | / |
| Naddwi | 73 | 9 | / |
| Nattwa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nodwai | 73 | 6 | / |
| Naduad | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nadweh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nathwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nadwee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nnadua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Needwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nautwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Naidwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gnadua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nadhua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nadbai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Natwaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Natway | 73 | 0 | / |
| Nadvaja | 67 | 6 | / |
| Naadwee | 67 | 4 | / |
| Naitwat | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nathwat | 67 | 3 | / |
| Najdewi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngathwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neaduea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naidhva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nathway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Nadwa
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