Namewa Surname
Approximately 600 people bear this surname
Namewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 396 | 1:48,465 | 2,444 |
| Benin | 199 | 1:51,938 | 6,545 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Namewa (84) may also be a first name.
Namewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namewa is most common in Niger. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Namewa is the 536,820th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 12,145,910 people. The surname Namewa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namewa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 66 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Namewa is also the 1,046,220th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 84 people.
It is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 396 people, or 1 in 48,465. In Niger it is mostly found in: Dosso Region, where 93 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 4 percent live and Maradi Region, where 2 percent live. Other than Niger it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 33 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nameiwa | 92 | 198 | / |
| Nameywa | 92 | 25 | / |
| Namewad | 92 | 8 | / |
| Nameawa | 92 | 4 | / |
| Namaewa | 92 | 3 | / |
| Nameïwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Namawa | 83 | 1,399 | / |
| Namiwa | 83 | 42 | / |
| Nomewa | 83 | 11 | / |
| Nameba | 83 | 11 | / |
| Namewe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nemewa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Namaiwa | 77 | 3,368 | / |
| Namaeva | 77 | 51 | / |
| Namoeva | 77 | 43 | / |
| Namevad | 77 | 42 | / |
| Namaywa | 77 | 36 | / |
| Namaïwa | 77 | 26 | / |
| Nameeva | 77 | 8 | / |
| Namieva | 77 | 5 | / |
| Naimawa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ngamewe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Namujwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Namaawa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Naimeva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Namoywa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nameave | 77 | 1 | / |
| Namewot | 77 | 1 | / |
| Namhiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Namaîwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nammawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Namajwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngamiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nnamewo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nasmeeva | 71 | 4 | / |
| Naimaiwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Namahawa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nnemeuwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Naamaiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Naumieva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namajjwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namaaiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namuiswa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nammaiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namichwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namibe | 67 | 1,778 | / |
| Nomeva | 67 | 536 | / |
| Namiba | 67 | 281 | / |
| Namebi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Namava | 67 | 12 | / |
| Namiva | 67 | 7 | / |
| Namawo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nomawa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nomiwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Namebo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Noméwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Namyve | 67 | 2 | / |
| Namavo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namowo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nemiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nemeva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nameby | 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
- 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 Namewa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis