Nwawa Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nwawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria661:2,683,98186,518
Cameroon161:1,298,06776,941
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368

Nwawa (45) may also be a first name.

Nwawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nwawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nwawa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nwawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwawa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,020,555th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. Nwawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwawa reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwawa is also the 1,504,468th most frequently held given name on earth It is held by 45 people.

Nwawa is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 2,683,981. In Nigeria Nwawa is most common in: Ebonyi, where 79 percent are found, Rivers, where 9 percent are found and Lagos, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 19 percent are found and Egypt, where 5 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 Nwawa
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