Nowha Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Nowha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Nowha (20) may also be a first name.
Nowha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nowha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nowha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﻮﻩ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nowha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most frequent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Nowha live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 20 people.
The last name Nowha is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Federal Capital Territory, where 50 percent reside and Rivers, where 50 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 40 percent reside and Mauritania, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nowha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nowha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﻮﻩ | alnwh | - |
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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 Nowha
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