Nawassa Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Nawassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nawassa (171) may also be a first name.
Nawassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nawassa is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Nawassa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawassa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Nawassa live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 698,971st most frequently held forename throughout the world, borne by 171 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon Nawassa is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 90 percent reside and North Region, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 6 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 6 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 Nawassa
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