Nahawa Surname
Approximately 808 people bear this surname
Nahawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 444 | 1:38,557 | 5,632 |
| Ivory Coast | 252 | 1:91,553 | 4,818 |
| Cameroon | 55 | 1:377,619 | 33,137 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nahawa (4,853) may also be a first name.
Nahawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nahawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nahawa occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nahawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 427,422nd most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,019,240 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Nahawa live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 98,023rd most widely held given name at a global level, held by 4,853 people.
It is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 444 people, or 1 in 38,557. Not including Malawi Nahawa is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 31 percent reside and Cameroon, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Nahawa
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