Nwila Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nwila Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwila Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Nwila Last Name Facts

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

Nwila occurs most in Cameroon. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwila? popularity and diffusion

Nwila is the 6,723,624th most prevalent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Nwila is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Nwila are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Nwila is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 50 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 50 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 13 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaila91495/
Nweila914/
Nwilla912/
Nwilga911/
Nwilya911/
Nhwaila8315/
Nnwaila834/
Nweilla831/
Nwillia831/
Nwailya831/
Nuila801,129/
Nwile80124/
Nwilo80114/
Nvila8064/
Nwula8051/
Nwela8032/
Nbila8012/
Nwili8010/
Nwehla73235/
Nwulia7377/
Nwiloh7348/
Nwailo7335/
Nwaile7317/
Nwilee7317/
Nwulah7313/
Nwesla7312/
Nuilah7311/
Nwielo7310/
Nwilep738/
Nwiloo735/
Nbuila734/
Nweala734/
Nwilyi733/
Nwelha732/
N'Wela732/
Nweili732/
Nwella731/
Nvuila731/
Nvoila731/
Nweilo731/
Nwileh731/
Nwailoh6720/
N'Beila671/
Nwehela671/
Nouhila671/
Nwiloth671/

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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 Nwila
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