Vwa Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Vwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 294 | 1:602,526 | 28,821 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Vwa (40) may also be a first name.
Vwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vwa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 885,573rd most frequently held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Vwa live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Vwa is also the 1,614,485th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 40 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 294 people, or 1 in 602,526. In Nigeria Vwa is primarily concentrated in: Borno, where 56 percent live, Adamawa, where 22 percent live and Kaduna, where 8 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vwat | 86 | 21 | / |
| Vwah | 86 | 12 | / |
| Vwap | 86 | 2 | / |
| Vwai | 86 | 2 | / |
| Vwas | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hvwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vwaz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vwaj | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vhwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Va | 80 | 61,997 | / |
| Wa | 80 | 19,838 | / |
| Vwadh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wai | 67 | 407,920 | / |
| Vaz | 67 | 307,259 | / |
| Wah | 67 | 241,166 | / |
| Vai | 67 | 63,284 | / |
| Way | 67 | 46,255 | / |
| Voa | 67 | 33,998 | / |
| Vaj | 67 | 27,006 | / |
| Vat | 67 | 20,776 | / |
| Vas | 67 | 19,984 | / |
| Hwa | 67 | 19,965 | / |
| Wea | 67 | 10,325 | / |
| Vad | 67 | 9,202 | / |
| Vah | 67 | 8,844 | / |
| Wau | 67 | 8,574 | / |
| Vea | 67 | 6,145 | / |
| Vua | 67 | 6,049 | / |
| Vay | 67 | 5,346 | / |
| Vau | 67 | 2,691 | / |
| Wua | 67 | 1,908 | / |
| Vaa | 67 | 1,806 | / |
| Waa | 67 | 926 | / |
| Vap | 67 | 431 | / |
| Wha | 67 | 379 | / |
| Hva | 67 | 326 | / |
| Woa | 67 | 291 | / |
| Waj | 67 | 183 | / |
| Waß | 67 | 94 | / |
| Waś | 67 | 20 | / |
| Vha | 67 | 16 | / |
| Vga | 67 | 15 | / |
| Wwa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Vaß | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vwo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vaň | 67 | 5 | / |
| Waï | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vwheat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vaș | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vaş | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vìa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Véa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaï | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waš | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vadowa | 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 Vwa
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