Nanwe Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Nanwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 76 | 1:273,277 | 26,204 |
| Burkina Faso | 25 | 1:734,084 | 8,477 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Nanwe (17) may also be a first name.
Nanwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nanwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nanwe is found most in Cameroon. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nanwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nanwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nanwe is the 1,785,358th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name Nanwe is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nanwe reside; 71 percent reside in Central Africa and 71 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nanwe is also the 2,694,839th most widespread first name globally, borne by 17 people.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 273,277. In Cameroon Nanwe is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 96 percent live, Northwest Region, where 3 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Cameroon Nanwe exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 24 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 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
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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 Nanwe
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