Nyowah Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Nyowah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Nyowah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyowah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyowah is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyowah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,908,606th most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Nyowah live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname Nyowah is most widespread in Liberia, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 489,837. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Maryland County, where 89 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 38 percent reside and Ghana, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Nyowah
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