Nuwi Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Nuwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 53 | 1:153,844 | 21,244 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nuwi (112) may also be a first name.
Nuwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nuwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nuwi is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nuwi? popularity and diffusion
Nuwi is the 1,710,039th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 51 percent of Nuwi are found; 51 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 51 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 885,979th most common first name world-wide, held by 112 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 153,844. In Papua New Guinea Nuwi is most numerous in: Gulf, where 96 percent reside, East Sepik, where 2 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 2 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 27 percent reside and Malaysia, where 25 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 Nuwi
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