Nwagba Surname

349,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,045 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwagba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwagba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,0361:170,98710,586
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Nwagba (47) may also be a first name.

Nwagba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwagba occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwagba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 349,405th most common last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 6,973,728 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwagba are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwagba is also the 1,467,136th most numerous first name globally, held by 47 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,036 people, or 1 in 170,987. In Nigeria Nwagba is most frequent in: Abia, where 34 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 19 percent reside and Enugu, where 15 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaigba9255/
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Nwagboa927/
Nwagbea924/
Nwuagba922/
Nwaegba922/
Nwagbai921/
Nwagbaya861/
Nwagbo833,721/
Nwogba831,607/
Nwagbe8346/
Nwagbi8328/
Nwegba834/
Nuagba831/
Nwaigbo771,584/
Nwaegbo77177/
Nwagbuo77138/
Nwagboo77119/
Nwaigbe7796/
Nwaugbo7775/
Nwaugbe7772/
Nwagboh7765/
Nwangbe7725/
Nwagbou777/
Nwoogba776/
Nwogbga773/
Nwaagbo772/
Nweagbo772/
Nwagbos772/
Nwangbi771/
Nwogbha771/
Nwohgba771/
Nwagbyi771/
Nwogbah771/
Nwahgbo771/
Nwogbaa771/
Nweagbe771/
Nwongba771/
Nwagbeu771/
Nwagboi771/
Nnwogba771/
Nwaegbuo7144/
Nwanngbo719/
Nnwangbo717/
Nwaegboh713/
Nwaangbo712/
Nwogbaya711/
Nwaigebo711/
Nwaingbo711/
Nwaegbou711/
Nwogbaja711/
Nwwaegbo711/
Nwaingbi711/
Nwogbo672,230/
Nwogbe67559/
Nwegbo67254/
Nuagbe6740/
Mbagba676/
Nbagbi671/
Nwogbi671/
Nuagbo671/

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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 Nwagba
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