Nawou Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Nawou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Nawou (30) may also be a first name.
Nawou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nawou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻭ) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nawou is the 5,213,395th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Nawou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Nawou are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 64 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Nawou is also the 1,911,214th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 30 people.
It is most widespread in Niger, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 2,132,446. In Niger Nawou is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 89 percent are found and Maradi Region, where 11 percent are found. Beside Niger this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 14 percent are found and Indonesia, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nawou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nawou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻭ | alnaw | - |
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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 Nawou
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