Nanwa Surname
Approximately 258 people bear this surname
Nanwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 124 | 1:167,492 | 17,964 |
| Tanzania | 64 | 1:827,213 | 43,161 |
| Burkina Faso | 20 | 1:917,605 | 9,572 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nanwa (571) may also be a first name.
Nanwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nanwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nanwa (Hindi: ननवा) is found most in Cameroon. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nanwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 993,593rd most frequently used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. Nanwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Nanwa are found; 46 percent are found in Central Africa and 43 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 350,891st most frequently held first name globally, borne by 571 people.
The last name Nanwa is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 167,492. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 41 percent live, Centre Region, where 20 percent live and West Region, where 19 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 25 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nanwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nanwa in the Hindi language | ||
| ननवा | nanava | 77.78 |
| ननुआ | nanu'a | 11.11 |
| नन्वा | nanva | 11.11 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Nanwa
- 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