Nyowe Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Nyowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 71 | 1:292,522 | 27,501 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nyowe (43) may also be a first name.
Nyowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyowe is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyowe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,061,309th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name Nyowe occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Nyowe reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 35 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most common forename internationally. It is borne by 43 people.
Nyowe is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 292,522. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 59 percent reside, North Region, where 39 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 5 percent reside and Kenya, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyouwe | 91 | 13 | / |
| Nayowe | 91 | 10 | / |
| Nyowei | 91 | 6 | / |
| Nyowep | 91 | 3 | / |
| Nyowey | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nyoswe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Noiyowe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nyowheh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nyouweh | 83 | 1 | / |
| N'Youwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nyobe | 80 | 3,883 | / |
| Njowe | 80 | 1,521 | / |
| Nyawe | 80 | 316 | / |
| Gnowe | 80 | 242 | / |
| Nyoue | 80 | 155 | / |
| Nhowe | 80 | 73 | / |
| Nyove | 80 | 58 | / |
| Nyuwe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Nyowi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Neowe | 80 | 0 | / |
| Ngnowe | 73 | 70 | / |
| Nyaweh | 73 | 49 | / |
| Neouwe | 73 | 26 | / |
| Nyhawe | 73 | 10 | / |
| Nyawed | 73 | 10 | / |
| Niowei | 73 | 10 | / |
| Nyowit | 73 | 8 | / |
| Nyobey | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nyahwe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gnouwe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nyawea | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nyuweh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Njoweh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nyouwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nyhove | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nyawhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Najowe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njouwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyaweu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyawey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyoway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyuwep | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njowea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nayowi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gnower | 73 | 0 | / |
| Nehohwe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nyawoue | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nyawehe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Neihowe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gniouwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyawesh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njouwet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngnouwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nayiawe | 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
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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 Nyowe
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