Nakwaya Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Nakwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 83 | 1:29,029 | 4,463 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nakwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nakwaya is borne by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakwaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,683,218th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. Nakwaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nakwaya live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Namibia, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 29,029. In Namibia Nakwaya is most prevalent in: Omusati Region, where 75 percent reside, Hardap Region, where 19 percent reside and Erongo Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Namibia it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 15 percent reside and Nigeria, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngakwaya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nakhwaya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nakway | 92 | 27 | / |
| Nakwaa | 92 | 25 | / |
| Nekwaya | 86 | 2,334 | / |
| Nakweya | 86 | 203 | / |
| Nakwiya | 86 | 7 | / |
| Nagwaya | 86 | 4 | / |
| Nakuaya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nnakwaa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nakhwiya | 80 | 9 | / |
| Naggwaya | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nakwooya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nankwayi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nakhweya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngakweya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nakuaa | 77 | 25 | / |
| Nokway | 77 | 10 | / |
| Naqway | 77 | 6 | / |
| Nekway | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nakwai | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nagwaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nnaggwaya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nokwayi | 71 | 114 | / |
| Nagweya | 71 | 69 | / |
| Nahgwaa | 71 | 28 | / |
| Naghway | 71 | 9 | / |
| Nakwawe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Nagbaya | 71 | 6 | / |
| Nakwaji | 71 | 5 | / |
| Nakueya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nagwaja | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ngakwey | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nekwaja | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nnakwoa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nokwayo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nagwayi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Neekway | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nogwaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nekweya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakwija | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakweha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nagwaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nekwayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nangwiya | 67 | 592 | / |
| Ngakweyi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Nokhwayi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nakhwaji | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nogwauya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngacwiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nankwaju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nangwaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nahakuay | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nakwaya
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