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 held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nowei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,485,539th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Nowei is predominantly found in Oceania, where 69 percent of Nowei live; 69 percent live in Oceania Islands and 69 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Nowei is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 42 people.
It is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: West Sepik, where 95 percent are found and East Sepik, where 5 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 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 Nowei
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