Nwagha Surname
Approximately 379 people bear this surname
Nwagha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 371 | 1:477,474 | 24,038 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwagha (16) may also be a first name.
Nwagha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwagha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwagha occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwagha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nwagha is the 755,622nd most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 19,228,353 people. The surname Nwagha is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwagha reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous given name globally. It is borne by 16 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 371 people, or 1 in 477,474. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Edo, where 16 percent are found, Lagos, where 16 percent are found and Rivers, where 15 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 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
- 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 Nwagha
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