Nalawa Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Nalawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 66 | 1:156,600 | 16,061 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nalawa (18) may also be a first name.
Nalawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nalawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nalawa occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nalawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,185,341st most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Nalawa live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 18 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 156,600. In Benin Nalawa is most common in: Donga Department, where 74 percent live, Borgou Department, where 24 percent live and Collines Department, where 2 percent live. Besides Benin this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 7 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 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 Nalawa
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