Nehway Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Nehway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 61 | 1:72,271 | 6,117 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Nehway (12) may also be a first name.
Nehway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nehway Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nehway is most common in Liberia. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nehway? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nehway is the 2,436,415th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nehway live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous forename on earth, borne by 12 people.
This surname is most widespread in Liberia, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 72,271. In Liberia Nehway is mostly found in: Nimba County, where 100 percent reside. Other than Liberia it is found in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Nehway
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