Nwagwugwu Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Nwagwugwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nwagwugwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwagwugwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwagwugwu is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwagwugwu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,649,806th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name Nwagwugwu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwagwugwu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 1,476,190. In Nigeria Nwagwugwu is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 48 percent are found, Lagos, where 18 percent are found and Rivers, where 18 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaugwugwu | 95 | 7 | / |
| Nwangwugwu | 95 | 1 | / |
| Nwaagwugwu | 95 | 1 | / |
| Nwogwugwu | 89 | 4,038 | / |
| Nwuogwugwu | 84 | 6 | / |
| Nwogwuugwu | 84 | 1 | / |
| Nwwogwugwu | 84 | 1 | / |
| Nwgogwugwu | 84 | 1 | / |
| Nwankwougwu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nwogwuugwuu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwakwukwu | 78 | 10 | / |
| Nwackwukwu | 74 | 2 | / |
| Nwogbugbu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nwekwukwu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nwokwukwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwankwoukwu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Nwagwugwu
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