Nwabuba Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Nwabuba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 172 | 1:1,029,900 | 43,269 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Nwabuba (12) may also be a first name.
Nwabuba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwabuba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwabuba is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwabuba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,286,243rd most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nwabuba reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held forename throughout the world It is held by 12 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 1,029,900. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 27 percent are found, Rivers, where 23 percent are found and Abia, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 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 Nwabuba
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