Nokwen Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Nokwen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nokwen (12) may also be a first name.
Nokwen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nokwen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nokwen is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nokwen? popularity and diffusion
Nokwen is the 5,057,639th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nokwen are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name in the world It is held by 12 people.
The last name Nokwen is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Plateau, where 100 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Nokwen is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 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 Nokwen
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