Nwagbala Surname

726,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Nwagbala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwagbala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3971:446,20322,838
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nwagbala (50) may also be a first name.

Nwagbala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwagbala is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nwagbala.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwagbala? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nwagbala is the 726,304th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 18,218,865 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwagbala are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwagbala is also the 1,412,538th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 50 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 397 people, or 1 in 446,203. In Nigeria Nwagbala is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 34 percent are found, Benue, where 15 percent are found and Lagos, where 12 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Iceland, where 0 percent are found and South Korea, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaugbala9487/
Nwagballa944/
Nwuagbala941/
Nwaugballa893/
Nwogbala883,289/
Nwagbali885/
Nwagbale883/
Nwegbala881/
Nwongbala826/
Nwoegbala824/
Nwoogbala824/
Nwogballa821/
Nwagbeali821/
Nwogbale757/
Nwogbali755/
Nwagboli753/
Mbagbala752/
Nwogbola751/
Nwogbolo631/

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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 Nwagbala
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