Nwa Surname

230,222nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,758 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,6181:109,4837,314
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
Cameroon271:769,22554,005
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Nwa (1,219) may also be a first name.

Nwa Last Name Facts

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

Nwa occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nwa is the 230,222nd most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 4,145,362 people. The surname Nwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwa are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 226,689th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 1,219 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,618 people, or 1 in 109,483. In Nigeria Nwa is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 24 percent live, Imo, where 24 percent live and Anambra, where 18 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.

Nwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Nwa surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Nwa earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.75% more than the national average, earning $58,143 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nwi6736/
Nwj6729/
Nwaiss6714/
Nwuoha6711/
Nwy676/
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Nwaaja674/
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Nwaich672/
Nwuach671/
Nwasht671/
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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 Nwa
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