Nwabo Surname

760,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 376 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nwabo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwabo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1701:1,042,01643,672
DR Congo1231:600,64745,387
Cameroon811:256,40824,973
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Nwabo (41) may also be a first name.

Nwabo Last Name Facts

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

Nwabo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwabo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 760,012th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 19,381,771 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwabo live; 54 percent live in Central Africa and 54 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Nwabo is also the 1,590,275th most frequent forename at a global level. It is borne by 41 people.

This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 1,042,016. In Nigeria Nwabo is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 54 percent are found, Abia, where 11 percent are found and Lagos, where 9 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 33 percent are found and Cameroon, where 22 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nwoboh731/
Nwobos731/
Nuabuo731/
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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 Nwabo
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