Nwadire Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwadire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwadire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1421:1,247,48449,911
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Nwadire (10) may also be a first name.

Nwadire Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwadire is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwadire? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,434,893rd most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Nwadire live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwadire is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 10 people.

The last name Nwadire is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 1,247,484. In Nigeria it is most common in: Abia, where 78 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent reside and Zamfara, where 6 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwadiere933/
Nwadiri8689/
Nwadier864/
Nwadira863/
Nwadior861/
Nwadure861/
Nwader772/
Nwadiroha753/
Mbadire7110/
Nwodiri716/
Nwaider714/
Nwaader711/
Nwaderi711/
Nwaederi674/
Nwederi5730/
Nweyder579/
Mbadiri577/
Mbaidere531/
Mbaidiri531/

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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 Nwadire
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis