Nahwa Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Nahwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nahwa (503) may also be a first name.
Nahwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nahwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nahwa is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nahwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,273,756th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Nahwa is mostly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Nahwa are found; 60 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 57 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nahwa is also the 377,962nd most widespread forename internationally, borne by 503 people.
Nahwa is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 3,306,230. In Indonesia Nahwa is mostly found in: East Java, where 48 percent live, Central Java, where 20 percent live and Southeast Sulawesi, where 13 percent live. Other than Indonesia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 24 percent live and Kenya, where 14 percent live.
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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 Nahwa
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