Newah Surname
Approximately 885 people bear this surname
Newah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 847 | 1:5,205 | 628 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Nepal | 12 | 1:2,373,413 | 8,828 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Newah (103) may also be a first name.
Newah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Newah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Newah is most common in Liberia. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Newah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 397,886th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,234,515 people. The surname Newah is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Newah live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most frequently used first name globally, borne by 103 people.
The surname Newah is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 847 people, or 1 in 5,205. In Liberia Newah is most common in: Nimba County, where 83 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 8 percent reside and Bong County, where 3 percent reside. Barring Liberia it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and Nepal, where 1 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 Newah
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