Nyawah Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Nyawah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 36 | 1:122,459 | 9,313 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Nyawah (13) may also be a first name.
Nyawah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyawah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyawah is found in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Nyawah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyawah? popularity and diffusion
Nyawah is the 3,055,934th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Nyawah is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nyawah are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Nyawah is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 13 people.
This surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 122,459. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 36 percent are found, Grand Cape Mount County, where 33 percent are found and Lofa County, where 22 percent are found. Other than Liberia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 7 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 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 Nyawah
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