Nawake Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Nawake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 44 | 1:436,182 | 11,913 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nawake (18) may also be a first name.
Nawake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nawake has its highest incidence in Niger. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawake? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,876,555th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nawake are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most numerous forename globally It is held by 18 people.
It is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 436,182. In Niger Nawake is mostly concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 57 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 41 percent reside and Dosso Region, where 2 percent reside. Besides Niger it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 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
- 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 Nawake
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