Niagwa Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Niagwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Niagwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niagwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Niagwa is most common in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Niagwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Niagwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Niagwa reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 50 percent live and Littoral Region, where 50 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Njiangwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nyagwa | 83 | 177 | / |
| Njagwa | 83 | 113 | / |
| Nhagwa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Niagba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Niagua | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nyagwau | 77 | 85 | / |
| Ngiagwe | 77 | 55 | / |
| Ngiagua | 77 | 16 | / |
| Nyagwai | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ngnagwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Niankwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Niagbah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Niangwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Niangwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njiogwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyaagwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyangwau | 71 | 8 | / |
| Negiakwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nyaangwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyangwua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njiangwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nianngwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyauugwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njiaguah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngiangua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Niakguap | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njhangwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njakwa | 67 | 1,256 | / |
| Nyagba | 67 | 663 | / |
| Niagui | 67 | 419 | / |
| Njagua | 67 | 180 | / |
| Nyogwa | 67 | 125 | / |
| Nyakwa | 67 | 87 | / |
| Niague | 67 | 36 | / |
| Niagbe | 67 | 34 | / |
| Niagbo | 67 | 25 | / |
| Nyagwe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Nyagua | 67 | 8 | / |
| Niagby | 67 | 6 | / |
| Njagwi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Njagwo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Njagwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Njogwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngaijakwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyagwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niakua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyagwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnakwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyacwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Niagwa
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