Nagwe Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Nagwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Uganda | 30 | 1:1,301,309 | 50,636 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Nagwe (18) may also be a first name.
Nagwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nagwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nagwe (Marathi: नागवे) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Nagwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nagwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,980,395th most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Nagwe live; 39 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 18 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 82 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 9 percent reside and Kaduna, where 3 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 34 percent reside and India, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nagwe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nagwe in the Marathi language | ||
| नागवे | nagave | - |
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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 Nagwe
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