Namaywa Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Namaywa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 35 | 1:548,343 | 14,024 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Namaywa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namaywa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namaywa is found most frequently in Niger. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Namaywa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namaywa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Namaywa is the 3,274,477th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname Namaywa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namaywa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Niger, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 548,343. In Niger Namaywa is mostly concentrated in: Dosso Region, where 80 percent are found, Tillabéri Region, where 17 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 3 percent are found. Besides Niger this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Namaywa
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