Nowye Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Nowye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nowye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nowye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nowye occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nowye.
How Common Is The Last Name Nowye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nowye is the 7,117,718th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Nowye live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 67 percent reside, Kaduna, where 17 percent reside and Kano, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Nowye is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noweye | 91 | 11 | / |
| Nowyhed | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nowyher | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngoweye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nowyj | 80 | 37 | / |
| Nowie | 80 | 15 | / |
| Novye | 80 | 6 | / |
| Nowier | 73 | 886 | / |
| Nowjee | 73 | 12 | / |
| Naweye | 73 | 8 | / |
| Noweya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Noweyi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngowie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Noweai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Noweia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nowyaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Naboyye | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ngoweje | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gnouwie | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Gowie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nawaiye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noweihi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nobeyie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nahweye | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nowye
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