Nawei Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Nawei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Burkina Faso | 24 | 1:764,671 | 8,666 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nawei (114) may also be a first name.
Nawei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nawei is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,943,350th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name Nawei is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Nawei reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 877,214th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 114 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 78 percent are found, Rivers, where 11 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Nawei occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 26 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent are found.
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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 Nawei
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