Nkwaze Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Nkwaze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nkwaze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkwaze Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkwaze is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkwaze? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nkwaze is the 2,168,711th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkwaze are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Nkwaze is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 2,530,611. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 47 percent reside, Abia, where 39 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwaeze | 92 | 3 | / |
| Nkwazea | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nkhwazie | 86 | 9 | / |
| Nkwazi | 83 | 1,148 | / |
| Nkwaje | 83 | 427 | / |
| Nkwaza | 83 | 72 | / |
| Nkwase | 83 | 33 | / |
| Nkweze | 83 | 13 | / |
| Ngwaze | 83 | 6 | / |
| Nkwize | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nkwage | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkhwazi | 77 | 11,033 | / |
| Nkwatse | 77 | 77 | / |
| Nkwazhi | 77 | 17 | / |
| Nkwueze | 77 | 11 | / |
| Nkwuage | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nkwhazi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nkwajep | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nkwatje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwadze | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwazzi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwaise | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwaiza | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngcwaze | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwatche | 71 | 18 | / |
| Nkwadjep | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkwauche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkwahase | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwazi | 67 | 3,065 | / |
| Nqwazi | 67 | 356 | / |
| Ngwaza | 67 | 311 | / |
| Nkwezi | 67 | 297 | / |
| Ngweze | 67 | 180 | / |
| Ngwase | 67 | 121 | / |
| Nkwese | 67 | 87 | / |
| Nkwesi | 67 | 80 | / |
| Nkwasi | 67 | 72 | / |
| Ngbaze | 67 | 48 | / |
| Nkwatchet | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ngwaje | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ncwazi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkwahatse | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngwage | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngwize | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nqwase | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nguaze | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkueze | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ncwase | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwaca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwoge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkweauseh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwettzeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nqwaza | 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 Nkwaze
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