Negua Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Negua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Negua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania241:170,6199,051
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

Negua Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Negua Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Negua (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﻜﻪ) is most common in Mauritania. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Negua? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Negua reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 170,619. In Mauritania it is most common in: Gorgol Region, where 46 percent are found, Adrar Region, where 29 percent are found and Tagant Region, where 21 percent are found. Besides Mauritania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Mexico, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neguaz91110/
Neguay9130/
Neguas912/
Ngegua912/
Neïgua911/
Neguea911/
Neguai911/
Neguah911/
Neguass831/
Ngeguah831/
Negba80362/
Nekua80270/
Neguo8018/
Nigua8010/
Negwa802/
Nequa801/
Negguach774/
Naigua7364/
Niguas7354/
Naygua7342/
Neegba7332/
Neguei7319/
Neekua738/
Neguey736/
Nnegwa736/
Neukwa735/
Nieguo734/
Negbou732/
Nehgwa732/
Negbaa731/
Niguha731/
Negvat731/
Nyogua731/
Negwah731/
Neugwa731/
Nhegba731/
Niguai731/
Nezcua731/
Neequay671/
Ngegwou671/
Ngnigua671/
Neangwa671/
Neagbay671/
Neegbah671/
Nekuhat671/
Neygbai671/
Neugwou671/

Negua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Negua in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻨﻜﻪalnkh55.56
ﺍﻟﻨﻚalnk22.22
ﺍﻟﻨﻜﺔalnkt11.11
ﺃﻧﻜﻪankh11.11

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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 Negua
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