Neuwa Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Neuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Solomon Islands | 16 | 1:36,252 | 7,281 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Neuwa (13) may also be a first name.
Neuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Neuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Neuwa occurs most in Cameroon. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Neuwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Neuwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,047,559th most common family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Neuwa are found; 50 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 49 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Neuwa is also the 3,159,357th most common forename on earth, borne by 13 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 506,563. In Cameroon Neuwa is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 49 percent are found, Centre Region, where 41 percent are found and West Region, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 19 percent are found.
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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 Neuwa
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