Nwabu Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Nwabu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 333 | 1:531,960 | 26,148 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwabu (249) may also be a first name.
Nwabu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwabu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwabu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwabu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 818,364th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. The surname Nwabu is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwabu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwabu is also the 565,047th most numerous first name in the world, held by 249 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 333 people, or 1 in 531,960. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 17 percent reside, Enugu, where 14 percent reside and Abia, where 13 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Nwabu occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and Ghana, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaibu | 91 | 44 | / |
| Nwaebu | 91 | 8 | / |
| Nwabud | 91 | 4 | / |
| Nwaubu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwaybu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwuabui | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nwabuis | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nwabeue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaijbu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaubau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwobu | 80 | 2,356 | / |
| Nwebu | 80 | 98 | / |
| Nbabu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Nuabu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nvabu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwabuije | 77 | 19 | / |
| Nwampu | 73 | 24 | / |
| Nwebui | 73 | 12 | / |
| Nwanpu | 73 | 11 | / |
| Nwaivu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nwobgu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nwoebu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nwauvu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwaboo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nbaabu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwaboe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwebuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwebou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nbabou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwaubuije | 71 | 3 | / |
| N'Babou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwehbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwebuih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwanpeu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nwabu
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