Nwas Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Nwas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Nwas (39) may also be a first name.
Nwas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwas is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,944,094th most widespread family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 52 percent of Nwas live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwas is also the 1,637,361st most widely held first name on earth, borne by 39 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Nwas is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 43 percent live, Oyo, where 29 percent live and Lagos, where 19 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Nwas occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 36 percent live and India, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwase | 89 | 31 | / |
| Nấwas | 89 | 5 | / |
| Nwash | 89 | 3 | / |
| Nwaus | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nwais | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nwaise | 80 | 266 | / |
| Nwashe | 80 | 154 | / |
| Nwaiss | 80 | 14 | / |
| Nnwase | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nwatse | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nwasht | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwwais | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwaz | 75 | 1,824 | / |
| Nuas | 75 | 916 | / |
| Nwos | 75 | 169 | / |
| Nwaj | 75 | 30 | / |
| Nvas | 75 | 6 | / |
| Nwac | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nwose | 67 | 7,558 | / |
| Hnwaz | 67 | 39 | / |
| Nwaaz | 67 | 25 | / |
| Nwous | 67 | 23 | / |
| Nuase | 67 | 16 | / |
| Nwach | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nwaiz | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nwuos | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwajh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nvase | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nbash | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwosh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwaij | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nuash | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nuaas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwazz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwods | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwoss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwwaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nweis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nbhas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwaaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuass | 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 Nwas
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