Nnokwu Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nnokwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nnokwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
France11:66,422,722504,397

Nnokwu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nnokwu is found most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nnokwu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Nnokwu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Nnokwu are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Nnokwu is primarily found in: Abia, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in France, where 25 percent live.

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Ngokwuh771/
Nnaekwu771/
Nukwu7390/
Nekwu7310/
Nakwu736/
Nogwu734/
Nounkweu711/
Nounkwui711/
Nnagwu6727/
Nuukwu674/
Nangwu673/
Naakwu673/
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Ngukwu672/
Nongwu671/
Neukwu671/
Nnegwu671/
Nogweu671/
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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 Nnokwu
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