Nwabenu Surname
Approximately 602 people bear this surname
Nwabenu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 600 | 1:295,238 | 16,552 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Nwabenu (59) may also be a first name.
Nwabenu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwabenu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwabenu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwabenu? popularity and diffusion
Nwabenu is the 535,476th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,105,558 people. Nwabenu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwabenu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most widely held first name on earth, held by 59 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 600 people, or 1 in 295,238. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 66 percent are found, Edo, where 15 percent are found and Lagos, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Nwabenu
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