Nnwa Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nnwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nnwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Nnwa (42) may also be a first name.

Nnwa Last Name Facts

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

Nnwa is found most in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nnwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Nnwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,307,654th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Nnwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nnwa are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nnwa is also the 1,566,439th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 42 people.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 79 percent are found, Rivers, where 16 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nnwah897/
Nnwai891/
Nwa861,758/
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Nway75202/
Nwai75189/
Nwoa7554/
Nwea7537/
Nwaa7531/
Nwaj7530/
Nwau7526/
Nwua7515/
Nnua7511/
Nnwe754/
N'Wa754/
Nwad753/
Nwha753/
Nhwa752/
Nnwo751/
Hnwa751/
Nwaha672,048/
Hnwaz6739/
Nwaaz6725/
Nwaah6710/
Nwahu679/
Nnwer677/
Nwajh675/
Nấwas675/
Nweha674/
Nwaia674/
Nwahe673/
Nwash673/
Nwhai672/
N'Wai672/
Nwaij672/
Nweae672/
Nwgai672/
Nwaud672/
Nhwai671/
Nwa'e671/
N'Nua671/
Nweea671/
Nwhat671/
Nwaaj671/
Nnbaa671/
Nwaaa671/
Nwhoa671/
Nwais671/
Nnwou671/
Nwaus671/
Ngnua671/
Nnwiy671/
N'Wau671/
N'Waï671/
Nwo'a671/
Nwazz671/
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Nwahy671/
Nweah671/
Nwajd671/
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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 Nnwa
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis