Nwanjang Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Nwanjang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 141 | 1:147,298 | 16,269 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nwanjang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwanjang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwanjang is most common in Cameroon. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nwanjang.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwanjang? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nwanjang is the 1,484,726th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwanjang live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Nwanjang is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 147,298. In Cameroon Nwanjang is mostly found in: Southwest Region, where 73 percent live, Northwest Region, where 16 percent live and Littoral Region, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwainjang | 94 | 2 | / |
| Nwandjang | 94 | 1 | / |
| Nwanjong | 88 | 9 | / |
| Nuanjang | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nwonjang | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nwenjang | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nwagnang | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nwanchang | 82 | 4 | / |
| Nvandjang | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nwainyang | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nuansang | 75 | 79 | / |
| Nuanyang | 75 | 50 | / |
| Nwanyong | 75 | 17 | / |
| Nwenyang | 75 | 14 | / |
| Nuanchang | 71 | 59 | / |
| Nuanseang | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nuanhong | 63 | 596 | / |
| Nuanyong | 63 | 381 | / |
| Nuansong | 63 | 178 | / |
| Mbaniang | 63 | 118 | / |
| Mbanyang | 63 | 4 | / |
| Mbonjang | 63 | 2 | / |
| Nuagnong | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mbuonjang | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mvoundjang | 56 | 1 | / |
| Nwanyek | 53 | 252 | / |
| Mbonyang | 50 | 2 | / |
| Mbanyong | 50 | 2 | / |
| Mbanyanq | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mbonsang | 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 Nwanjang
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