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
Nagwe (Marathi: नागवे) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nagwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,980,395th most numerous surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name Nagwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Nagwe are found; 39 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nagwe is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 18 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria Nagwe is most frequent in: Benue, where 82 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 9 percent reside and Kaduna, where 3 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists 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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