Nouwo Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Nouwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
Nouwo (86) may also be a first name.
Nouwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nouwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nouwo is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nouwo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,506,728th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name Nouwo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nouwo are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 90 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,032,266th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 86 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 370,876. In Cameroon Nouwo is most numerous in: West Region, where 38 percent are found, Centre Region, where 29 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 27 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Nouwo
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