Nwaga Surname
Approximately 762 people bear this surname
Nwaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 667 | 1:265,581 | 15,197 |
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nwaga (41) may also be a first name.
Nwaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwaga is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwaga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 447,229th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 9,563,709 people. The surname Nwaga is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwaga reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwaga is also the 1,590,275th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 41 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 667 people, or 1 in 265,581. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ebonyi, where 41 percent live, Benue, where 15 percent live and Enugu, where 10 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Nwaga occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 12 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
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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 Nwaga
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