Nwadishi Surname

389,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 910 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwadishi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwadishi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9081:195,09111,753
England21:27,859,030389,889

Nwadishi (21) may also be a first name.

Nwadishi Last Name Facts

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

Nwadishi is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwadishi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nwadishi is the 389,400th most frequent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 8,008,292 people. The surname Nwadishi is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwadishi reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 21 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 908 people, or 1 in 195,091. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 57 percent reside, Lagos, where 16 percent reside and Edo, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nhwadishi942/
Nwadaishi941/
Nwadisi935/
Nwadichi8835/
Nwadishe8816/
Nwaduisi882/
Nwadichei821/
Nwadichyi821/
Nwadisa801/
Nwadise801/
Nwadiche7591/
Nwaduiche712/
Nwadichey711/
Nwadize676/
Nwodisa673/
Nwoduse531/

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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 Nwadishi
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