Nwaba Surname

286,143rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,343 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,2821:138,1778,904
United States551:6,590,162310,708
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Nwaba (99) may also be a first name.

Nwaba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwaba is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwaba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 286,143rd most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,426,319 people. The last name Nwaba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Nwaba reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwaba is also the 951,070th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 99 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,282 people, or 1 in 138,177. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Enugu, where 26 percent reside, Abia, where 16 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 15 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Nwaba exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.

Nwaba Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nwaba last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.5% being registered with the political party.

Nwaba earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 85.28% more than the national average, earning $79,946 USD per year.

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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 Nwaba
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