Nawoya Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Nawoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 137 | 1:284,958 | 20,187 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
Nawoya (42) may also be a first name.
Nawoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nawoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nawoya is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nawoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nawoya is the 1,497,948th most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nawoya are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 42 people.
Nawoya is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 284,958. In Uganda Nawoya is most prevalent in: Kibuku District, where 60 percent live, Budaka District, where 14 percent live and Mayuge District, where 8 percent live. Excluding Uganda Nawoya is found in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live.
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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 Nawoya
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