Nkwo Surname

95,926th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,960 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nkwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4,4841:39,5063,163
Cameroon3461:60,0267,727
England561:994,96549,531
United States341:10,660,557428,392
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Nkwo (642) may also be a first name.

Nkwo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkwo has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkwo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 95,926th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,469,263 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nkwo are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nkwo is also the 328,241st most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 642 people.

Nkwo is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,484 people, or 1 in 39,506. In Nigeria Nkwo is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 20 percent live, Enugu, where 16 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Nkwo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nkwo surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the political party.

Nkwo earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 41.19% more than the national average, earning $60,923 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nkwot8919/
Nkwou893/
Nkwoi892/
Nkgwo891/
Nkwoy891/
Nkwoa891/
Nkwuoh8010/
Nenkwo803/
Nkwhoa802/
Nkwa753,544/
Ngwo751,011/
Nkuo75474/
Nkcwoha731/
Nkwuoha731/
Nkhwa67513/
Nkwah67452/
Ngwoh67347/
Nkwua6736/
Nkwaa6724/
Nkwas6722/
Ngwuo679/
Ngkuo677/
Nkwad676/
Nkweu675/
Ngwos674/
Ngwoa673/
Nqwot673/
Nnqwo671/
Nkuoe671/
Ngwop671/
Nqwoi671/
Ngwoo671/

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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 Nkwo
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