Nnukwu Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Nnukwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 283 | 1:625,946 | 29,673 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Nnukwu (37) may also be a first name.
Nnukwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nnukwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nnukwu is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nnukwu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nnukwu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nnukwu is the 926,175th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,570,337 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nnukwu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nnukwu is also the 1,688,769th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 37 people.
The surname Nnukwu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 283 people, or 1 in 625,946. In Nigeria Nnukwu is most frequent in: Enugu, where 45 percent are found, Abia, where 22 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Wales, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nnaukwu | 92 | 246 | / |
| Nnoukwu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Nukwu | 91 | 90 | / |
| Nnokwu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nuukwu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ngukwu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nhukwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nunkwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Noukwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nuekwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Neukwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nneugwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nugwu | 73 | 19 | / |
| Nikwu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nokwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nounkwui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nounkweu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nnogwu | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ngugwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Niekwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngugwui | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nougwou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Neugwou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nogwu | 55 | 4 | / |
| Naughwout | 53 | 0 | / |
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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 Nnukwu
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