Nwabia Surname

564,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 561 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwabia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwabia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5431:326,23017,877
England131:4,286,005132,302
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nwabia (47) may also be a first name.

Nwabia Last Name Facts

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

Nwabia occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwabia? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nwabia is the 564,325th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 12,990,278 people. The surname Nwabia is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Nwabia are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequently used forename globally, borne by 47 people.

The last name Nwabia is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 543 people, or 1 in 326,230. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 17 percent live, Enugu, where 16 percent live and Bauchi, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaebia9236/
Nwaibia9212/
Nwabiah923/
Nweabia923/
Nwaabia921/
Nwaubia921/
Nwatbia921/
Nwuhabia862/
Nwobia83618/
Nwebia839/
Nwabio837/
Nbabia833/
Nwobiay774/
Nwgobia774/
Nwaubio771/
Nwobioha7110/
Nwobiayi711/
Mbabia6714/
Nwobio673/
Nuebia672/
Nuanpia621/
Nuampia621/
Mbabiea621/
Mbovia5027/
Nwobya504/
Mbabio503/
Mbobia502/
Mbavia501/
Mvavia501/
Nbovio501/

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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
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  • 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 Nwabia
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