Nwah Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
Nwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 304 | 1:582,706 | 28,118 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Nwah (81) may also be a first name.
Nwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwah is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nwah is the 858,879th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 22,989,104 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwah live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwah is also the 1,068,082nd most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 81 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 304 people, or 1 in 582,706. In Nigeria Nwah is mostly concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 63 percent reside, Cross River, where 11 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaha | 89 | 2,048 | / |
| Nwaah | 89 | 10 | / |
| Nwahu | 89 | 9 | / |
| Nnwah | 89 | 7 | / |
| Nwajh | 89 | 5 | / |
| Nwash | 89 | 3 | / |
| Nwahe | 89 | 3 | / |
| Nweah | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nwahy | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nwa | 86 | 1,758 | / |
| Nwaich | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nwuach | 80 | 1 | / |
| N'Waha | 80 | 1 | / |
| N'Wahe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwasht | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nway | 75 | 202 | / |
| Nwai | 75 | 189 | / |
| Nwoa | 75 | 54 | / |
| Nwea | 75 | 37 | / |
| Nwaa | 75 | 31 | / |
| Nwaj | 75 | 30 | / |
| Nwau | 75 | 26 | / |
| Nnwa | 75 | 21 | / |
| Nwoh | 75 | 19 | / |
| Nwua | 75 | 15 | / |
| Nvah | 75 | 5 | / |
| N'Wa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nwha | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nwad | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nhwa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hnwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwauhou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwohu | 67 | 351 | / |
| Hnwaz | 67 | 39 | / |
| Nwaaz | 67 | 25 | / |
| Nmbah | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nbaah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nấwas | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwuho | 67 | 4 | / |
| N'Vah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nwuoh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwgai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nvaha | 67 | 2 | / |
| N'Wai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwaij | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwhai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nuash | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nweae | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwaud | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwoch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwooh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwhuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nweea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwhat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvadh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwaaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuahe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwaaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwohy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwhou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwhoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwaus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nbeah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nhwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuath | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Wau | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Waï | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Woh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwa'e | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwo'a | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwazz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwwaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnuah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwajd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwgaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuaph | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Nwah
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