Railwan Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Railwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 112 | 1:1,581,632 | 59,341 |
Railwan (46) may also be a first name.
Railwan Demographics
Railwan Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Railwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Railwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Railwan is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Railwan? popularity and diffusion
Railwan is the 1,727,723rd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name Railwan is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Railwan live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most prevalent given name in the world. It is borne by 46 people.
The surname Railwan is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 1,581,632. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Niger, where 75 percent reside, Kano, where 8 percent reside and Kaduna, where 7 percent reside.
Railwan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Railwan last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Railwan
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