Nahway Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Nahway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Nahway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nahway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nahway (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺤﻮﺍﻱ) has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nahway? popularity and diffusion
Nahway is the 3,323,005th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Nahway reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name is most common in Liberia, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 259,326. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Nimba County, where 35 percent live, Montserrado County, where 29 percent live and Margibi County, where 24 percent live. Barring Liberia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 49 percent live and Afghanistan, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nahway Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nahway in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﺤﻮﺍﻱ | alnhway | 80 |
| ﺍﻧﺤﻮﺍﻱ | anhway | 20 |
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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 Nahway
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