Nagiwa Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nagiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nagiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria481:3,690,474107,175
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Nagiwa (55) may also be a first name.

Nagiwa Last Name Facts

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

Nagiwa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nagiwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,718,172nd most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name Nagiwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nagiwa are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nagiwa is also the 1,336,256th most frequently used given name at a global level. It is borne by 55 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 3,690,474. In Nigeria Nagiwa is mostly concentrated in: Zamfara, where 38 percent are found, Kano, where 29 percent are found and Sokoto, where 29 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 4 percent are found and Niger, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nagaiwa92705/
Naguiwa9268/
Nangiwa928/
Naguiwwa861/
Naziwa835,925/
Nasiwa831,275/
Nogiwa83818/
Naguwa83144/
Nagiba8382/
Nagewa8347/
Najiwa8311/
Nagiwe836/
Nagiwo835/
Nagiva832/
Nazziwa7725,755/
Nagieva772,189/
Nongiwa7717/
Naggewa7716/
Nnaziwa7713/
Nagibai779/
Naghiwi779/
Negiewa775/
Nagivas775/
Nagewad774/
Nnasiwa774/
Naaziwa772/
Naghiba772/
Naziwwa771/
Nagaiva771/
Naguwai771/
Naigiwo771/
Nazaiwa771/
Nanggewa71301/
Nnazziwa7128/
Naazziwa711/
Naisewua711/
Nazzziwa711/
Nazziwah711/
Nazziwaa711/
Nagoivad711/
Nagaibai711/
Nang'ewa711/
Nagibi678,054/
Naziba67575/
Nagibe67297/
Nacewa67166/
Nojiwa67124/
Naguwo6728/
Nosiwa6728/
Nagive6727/
Nasiva6726/
Naciva6724/
Nagibo6721/
Najiva6721/
Nasywa6710/
Nangeewai676/
Nagivi673/
Nageva673/
Nageba673/
Nasewa673/
Najewa672/
Nogiwe671/
Nasiwo671/
Najiwo671/
Nanghajwa671/
Nanggeewa671/
Naciwo671/
Nagewe671/

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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 Nagiwa
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