Nwadan Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Nwadan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Nwadan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwadan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwadan is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwadan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwadan live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon Nwadan is most frequent in: West Region, where 92 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwadang | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwaudahn | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nuadan | 83 | 31 | / |
| Nwadam | 83 | 20 | / |
| Nbadan | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nvadan | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nweedan | 77 | 12 | / |
| Nwadong | 77 | 1 | / |
| N'Vadan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwadham | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nnwadam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwadone | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwadom | 67 | 24 | / |
| Nwodon | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mbadan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nuadam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwodam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbadaan | 62 | 8 | / |
| Nwaudom | 62 | 4 | / |
| Nweidam | 62 | 3 | / |
| Mbaidan | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nnuadam | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwadoum | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwodong | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nvadong | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nbeaudoin | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nwodom | 50 | 9,358 | / |
| Nuadom | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mbadon | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mbodan | 50 | 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
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- 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 Nwadan
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