Nwos Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Nwos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 152 | 1:136,639 | 15,295 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
Nwos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwos is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nwos click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwos? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nwos is the 1,328,442nd most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. The last name Nwos is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwos are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 90 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 152 people, or 1 in 136,639. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 86 percent live, Littoral Region, where 14 percent live and Southwest Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 9 percent live and China, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwose | 89 | 7,558 | / |
| Nwous | 89 | 23 | / |
| Nwuos | 89 | 5 | / |
| Nwosh | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nwoss | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nwoes | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nwods | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nwo | 86 | 50 | / |
| Nwoshe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Nwotsh | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nwotse | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nwuose | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwoods | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwosse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nuos | 75 | 203 | / |
| Nwoa | 75 | 54 | / |
| Nwoi | 75 | 48 | / |
| Nwas | 75 | 44 | / |
| Nwuo | 75 | 43 | / |
| Nwgo | 75 | 26 | / |
| Nwoo | 75 | 22 | / |
| Nwoh | 75 | 19 | / |
| Nwoy | 75 | 17 | / |
| Nwou | 75 | 17 | / |
| Hnwo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nhwo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nvos | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nnwo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwoisse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwohu | 67 | 351 | / |
| Nwase | 67 | 31 | / |
| Nwuse | 67 | 19 | / |
| Nấwas | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwuho | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nwash | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwuoh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwood | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwoch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nnwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwhoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwaus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwhou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwohy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwuoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwhuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwoyp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwooh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwo'a | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Woh | 67 | 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
- 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 Nwos
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