Nonwo Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nonwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nonwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea951:85,82911,359
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nonwo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nonwo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nonwo is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nonwo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,882,912th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Nonwo live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 85,829. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: West Sepik, where 96 percent live, National Capital District, where 2 percent live and Madang, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngonwo912/
Gnonwou8312/
Nonwood831/
Nonbo80325/
Nanwo80106/
Nunwo8020/
Nonwa8018/
Nonvo802/
Nounwouh771/
Gnonwa73785/
Ngonvo73239/
Gnanwo73122/
Nanwou7375/
Nnonwa7319/
Noenwa7312/
Nuonuo733/
Nanwoh732/
Nunwoh732/
Nhonbo731/
Nonwah731/
Nonmbo731/
Gnonvo731/
Nounvo731/
Nomwou731/
Nonvou731/
Nonboh731/
Nanwwo731/
Nnanwo731/
Nganwou6757/
Ngnonwa672/
Nosenuo671/
Noonwaz671/
Nonwaha671/
N'Gonvo671/
Ngounwa671/
Nomwood670/

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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
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  • 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 Nonwo
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