Nanowa Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Nanowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 100 | 1:81,537 | 10,792 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
Nanowa (36) may also be a first name.
Nanowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nanowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nanowa is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Nanowa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nanowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,727,723rd most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Nanowa live; 89 percent live in Oceania Islands and 89 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently used given name throughout the world, borne by 36 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 81,537. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Western Highlands, where 75 percent reside, National Capital District, where 23 percent reside and Jiwaka, where 1 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside and Kenya, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Nanowa
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