Nowei Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Nowei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
Nowei (42) may also be a first name.
Nowei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nowei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nowei is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nowei? popularity and diffusion
Nowei is the 3,485,539th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 69 percent of Nowei are found; 69 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 69 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Nowei is also the 1,566,439th most frequent given name in the world, held by 42 people.
It is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea Nowei is most common in: West Sepik, where 95 percent reside and East Sepik, where 5 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 25 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 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 Nowei
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