Nwang Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Nwang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 84 | 1:247,251 | 24,294 |
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwang (18) may also be a first name.
Nwang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwang is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nwang.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwang? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,565,797th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Nwang reside; 64 percent reside in Central Africa and 64 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 18 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 247,251. In Cameroon Nwang is most common in: Northwest Region, where 54 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 24 percent are found and Centre Region, where 21 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Nwang
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