Nankwo Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Nankwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
Nankwo (14) may also be a first name.
Nankwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nankwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nankwo is most common in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nankwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,876,555th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nankwo live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 14 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria Nankwo is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 27 percent are found, Kaduna, where 24 percent are found and Rivers, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 28 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nnankwo | 92 | 15 | / |
| Ngankwo | 92 | 10 | / |
| Neankwo | 92 | 4 | / |
| Nankwuo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nhankwo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Naankwoi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nnankwuo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nankwa | 83 | 36 | / |
| Nangwo | 83 | 20 | / |
| Nancwo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nonkwo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngangwo | 77 | 28 | / |
| Nnangwo | 77 | 10 | / |
| Nangwou | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nangkwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nnamkwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngankuo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngonkwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nangwoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nangwoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nankwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nnankwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngangwou | 71 | 16 | / |
| Nangwa | 67 | 897 | / |
| Nangbo | 67 | 368 | / |
| Nanguo | 67 | 307 | / |
| Nachinkwa | 67 | 26 | / |
| Nankua | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nanghwood | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Nankwo
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