Nkwado Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkwado Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkwado Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nkwado (7) may also be a first name.

Nkwado Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkwado has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nkwado.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkwado? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkwado are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nkwado is also the 4,548,448th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 7 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Nkwado is mostly found in: Lagos, where 67 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and Uganda, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngwado83123/
Nkwada8365/
Nkwodo836/
Nkwedo832/
Nkwedou7710/
Nkwoido779/
Ngwadou771/
Nkwoidho711/
Ngwada671,438/
Nkwoda67184/
Ngwodo67120/
Ngbado67117/
Nkweda6740/
Ncwada6721/
Nqwada671/
Ngwedo671/

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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 Nkwado
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