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 last name Nwang occurs most in Cameroon. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwang? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,565,797th most frequently used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Nwang are found; 64 percent are found in Central Africa and 64 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name globally It is held by 18 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 247,251. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 54 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 24 percent are found and Centre Region, where 21 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common 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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