Nwaeze Surname

6,637th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85,068 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwaeze Surname User-submission:

Nwaeze is a surname that came from Igbo land, the eastern part of Nigeria. It comes from nwa-, which means 'child', and eze, which means 'king'. So put together nwaeze means 'child of a king'. Although it is usually used as surname, but in a very rare cases it may appear as first name.

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Nwaeze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria84,9021:2,086274
England691:807,50843,459
United States531:6,838,848318,712
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

Nwaeze (959) may also be a first name.

Nwaeze Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Nwaeze is a surname that came from Igbo land, the eastern part of Nigeria. It comes from nwa-, which means 'child', and eze, which means 'king'. So put together nwaeze means 'child of a king'. Although it is usually used as surname, but in a very rare cases it may appear as first name.

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Nwaeze Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwaeze is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwaeze? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,637th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 85,667 people. The last name Nwaeze is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwaeze live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwaeze is also the 260,558th most common first name on earth It is held by 959 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 84,902 people, or 1 in 2,086. In Nigeria Nwaeze is most frequent in: Rivers, where 69 percent live, Anambra, where 10 percent live and Imo, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Nwaeze Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Nwaeze surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

In The United States Nwaeze are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Nwaeze earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 76.87% less than the national average, earning R 54,960 per year and in United States they earn 35.66% more than the national average, earning $58,536 USD per year.

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