Ngwobia Surname

436,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 786 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ngwobia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwobia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7781:227,69013,365
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ngwobia (160) may also be a first name.

Ngwobia Last Name Facts

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

Ngwobia is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwobia? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ngwobia is the 436,668th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 9,271,687 people. Ngwobia is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngwobia reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 725,185th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 160 people.

The surname Ngwobia is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 778 people, or 1 in 227,690. In Nigeria Ngwobia is most numerous in: Abia, where 48 percent reside, Imo, where 16 percent reside and Rivers, where 7 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Ngwobia Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Ngwobia surname is predominantly Christian (98%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngwuobia9313/
Nkwobia8647/
Ngbobia866/
Ngwabia865/
Ngwubia861/
Ngwebia861/
Nkwoobia801/
Ngwabija801/
Nkwebia7128/
Nkwabia7113/
Nkwobio714/
Ngbabia714/
Ngwebya711/
Ngbabio5715/
Ngwebjoh531/

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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 Ngwobia
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