Nukwu Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Nukwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nukwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nukwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nukwu is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nukwu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,967,751st most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nukwu reside; 71 percent reside in Central Africa and 71 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 250,230. In Cameroon Nukwu is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 77 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 23 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nnukwu | 91 | 285 | / |
| Nuukwu | 91 | 4 | / |
| Ngukwu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nhukwu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nunkwu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Noukwu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nuekwu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Neukwu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nnaukwu | 83 | 246 | / |
| Nnoukwu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nugwu | 80 | 19 | / |
| Nikwu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nokwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nounkweu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nounkwui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nnokwu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ngugwu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Niekwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nneugwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngugwui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nougwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neugwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nogwu | 60 | 4 | / |
| Naughwout | 57 | 0 | / |
| Nnogwu | 55 | 15 | / |
| Nougbou | 50 | 72 | / |
| Nougueu | 50 | 5 | / |
| Neugueu | 50 | 1 | / |
| Naugbou | 50 | 1 | / |
| Noguheu | 50 | 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
- 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 Nukwu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis