Nwabuwa Surname

506,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 647 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwabuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwabuwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6331:279,84615,817
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Nwabuwa (27) may also be a first name.

Nwabuwa Last Name Facts

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

Nwabuwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwabuwa? popularity and diffusion

Nwabuwa is the 506,723rd most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 11,263,595 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwabuwa are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most common given name at a global level. It is borne by 27 people.

It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 633 people, or 1 in 279,846. In Nigeria Nwabuwa is most common in: Lagos, where 32 percent are found, Delta, where 29 percent are found and Abia, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Nwabuwa Last Name Statistics demography

Nwabuwa earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 43.7% less than the national average, earning $24,292 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwabuwah9361/
Nwabuuwa931/
Nwabuwe86624/
Nwabuwo861/
Nwobuwa861/
Nwabuiwe8025/
Nnwabuba801/
Nwabuuwe801/
Nwobuwo711/
Nwaboubi671/

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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 Nwabuwa
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