Nwabor Surname

599,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 519 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwabor Surname User-submission:

Nwabor is a surname from the Igbo people, Southeast Nigeria, Biafra land. It derives from the words nwa, meaning 'child' or 'son', and abor, meaning 'name of a town' or 'sheath'.

Nwabor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5091:348,02118,823
England51:11,143,612252,590
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Nwabor (19) may also be a first name.

Nwabor Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Nwabor is a surname from the Igbo people, Southeast Nigeria, Biafra land. It derives from the words nwa, meaning 'child' or 'son', and abor, meaning 'name of a town' or 'sheath'.

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Nwabor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwabor has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Nwabor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwabor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 599,225th most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 14,041,514 people. The surname Nwabor occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwabor are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwabor is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 19 people.

The surname Nwabor is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 509 people, or 1 in 348,021. In Nigeria Nwabor is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 29 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 20 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

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Nuabor8322/
Nwabar836/
Nwabur833/
Nwabure777/
Nwabard775/
Nwuebor771/
Nwanpor771/
Nwabuire714/
Mbabor6713/
Nwobar6713/
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Mbaboor621/
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Mbabar5010/
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