Warewa Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Warewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Warewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1251:166,15317,852
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Warewa (131) may also be a first name.

Warewa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Warewa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Warewa is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Warewa? popularity and diffusion

Warewa is the 1,398,030th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. Warewa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Warewa live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 811,108th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 131 people.

The surname Warewa is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 166,153. In Cameroon Warewa is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 71 percent reside, North Region, where 27 percent reside and Centre Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Warewaa921/
Wairewa921/
Warehwa921/
Wareewat866/
Warawa83750/
Wariwa83116/
Wareva8364/
Warewe8318/
Worewa835/
Werewa833/
Varewa831/
Wariwat77270/
Waroway7791/
Warawai7759/
Hwariwa7725/
Whareva776/
Wairawa776/
Wauriwa774/
Wariwad774/
Warzewo772/
Wariwah772/
Wariwai772/
Werewai771/
Barrewa771/
Hwareva771/
Wariswa771/
Worewai771/
Waraway771/
Waraeva771/
Wariwaha7132/
Wareewet714/
Vareswas711/
Vareewat711/
Warrewer711/
Wourewat711/
Warraway711/
Watriwai711/
Whareweh711/
Vareba67178/
Bareva67161/
Warawo67150/
Vareva67141/
Borewa67107/
Wariva67100/
Bareba6794/
Barewo6791/
Verewa6737/
Wariwe6730/
Warava6722/
Wariwo6721/
Woreba6715/
Warevi678/
Wereva672/
Werewo672/
Wareby672/
Warowo671/
Wareve671/
Worewi671/
Waravo671/

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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 Warewa
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