Nouwe Surname
Approximately 627 people bear this surname
Nouwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 478 | 1:43,450 | 5,746 |
| Benin | 144 | 1:71,775 | 8,650 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Nouwé (1) are calculated separately.
Nouwe (58) may also be a first name.
Nouwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nouwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nouwe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﻮ) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Nouwé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nouwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 519,402nd most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 11,622,880 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nouwe are found; 67 percent are found in Central Africa and 67 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Nouwe is also the 1,295,729th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 58 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 478 people, or 1 in 43,450. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 42 percent reside, West Region, where 25 percent reside and Centre Region, where 18 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 23 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nouwe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nouwe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﻮ | alnw | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻮﺍ | alnwa | 50 |
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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
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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 Nouwe
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