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
The last name Nuwa is most common in Indonesia. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nuwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nuwa is the 199,526th most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 3,481,866 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Nuwa are found; 78 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 78 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nuwa is also the 165,094th most common forename globally, held by 2,082 people.
The last name Nuwa is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,639 people, or 1 in 80,689. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 81 percent reside, Gorontalo, where 10 percent reside and Central Java, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia Nuwa exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 10 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 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 Nuwa
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