Nyawe Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Nyawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 197 | 1:105,427 | 12,381 |
| South Africa | 76 | 1:712,865 | 50,752 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Nyawe (18) may also be a first name.
Nyawe Demographics
Average Nyawe Salary in
South Africa
R 68,268
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nyawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyawe is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyawe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyawe is the 860,770th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. The surname Nyawe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyawe reside; 40 percent reside in Central Africa and 25 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Nyawe is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 18 people.
The last name Nyawe is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 197 people, or 1 in 105,427. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 53 percent are found, North Region, where 15 percent are found and Centre Region, where 15 percent are found. Barring Cameroon Nyawe exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 24 percent are found and Nigeria, where 10 percent are found.
Nyawe Last Name Statistics demography
Nyawe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.27% less than the national average, earning R 68,268 per year.
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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 Nyawe
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