Naweja Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Naweja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Naweja (14) may also be a first name.
Naweja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Naweja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Naweja (Oriya: ନେୱଜା) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Naweja.
How Common Is The Last Name Naweja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,994,173rd most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname Naweja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Naweja reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Naweja is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 14 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Besides The DR Congo Naweja occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 5 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Naweja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Naweja in the Oriya language | ||
| ନେୱଜା | newaja | - |
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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 Naweja
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