Nuwa Surname
Approximately 2,093 people bear this surname
Nuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,639 | 1:80,689 | 8,539 |
| Nigeria | 216 | 1:820,105 | 36,398 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Nuwa (2,082) may also be a first name.
Nuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nuwa occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nuwa? popularity and diffusion
Nuwa is the 199,526th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,481,866 people. Nuwa is primarily found in Asia, where 78 percent of Nuwa live; 78 percent live in Southeast Asia and 78 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nuwa is also the 165,094th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 2,082 people.
The last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,639 people, or 1 in 80,689. In Indonesia Nuwa is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 81 percent live, Gorontalo, where 10 percent live and Central Java, where 3 percent live. Outside of Indonesia it exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 10 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
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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 Nuwa
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