Nwaeji Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwaeji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwaeji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria571:3,107,76895,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nwaeji Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwaeji is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nwaeji click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwaeji? popularity and diffusion

Nwaeji is the 2,530,696th most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname Nwaeji is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwaeji are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Nwaeji is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 3,107,768. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 39 percent are found, Rivers, where 18 percent are found and Abia, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 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
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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 Nwaeji
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