Nwadigo Surname

123,004th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,714 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwadigo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwadigo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,6731:48,2283,709
United States301:12,081,964463,456
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
England31:18,572,686338,250
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Nwadigo Last Name Facts

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

Nwadigo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwadigo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 123,004th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,962,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwadigo reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,673 people, or 1 in 48,228. In Nigeria Nwadigo is mostly found in: Enugu, where 53 percent live, Imo, where 23 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Nwadigo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Nwadigo last name is predominantly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Nwadigo surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 85.71% registered with the political party.

The amount Nwadigo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 161.54% more than the national average, earning R 621,516 per year and in United States they earn 23.79% more than the national average, earning $53,413 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nwadigoh931/
Nwadigoha881/
Nwadugo8648/
Nwadego864/
Nwodigo861/
Nwadighoha8274/
Nwadighgou823/
Nwadigha804/
Nwadeago801/
Nwedego717/
Nwodiga711/
Nwedugo711/
Nwaduga711/
Nwodeugo679/
Nwedegou679/
Nwadegha673/
Mbadiga572/
Mbadigha535/
Mbadigah531/
Mbaduigha503/

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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 Nwadigo
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