Ndawai Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Ndawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 95 | 1:218,622 | 22,080 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ndawai (274) may also be a first name.
Ndawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ndawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ndawai occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ndawai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,894,523rd most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ndawai are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 536,832nd most commonly held given name in the world. It is borne by 274 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 218,622. In Cameroon Ndawai is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 97 percent live, North Region, where 2 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 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 Ndawai
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