Nwahia Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwahia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwahia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria531:3,342,316100,395
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nwahia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwahia occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nwahia.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwahia? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,580,327th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Nwahia reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Nwahia is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 3,342,316. In Nigeria Nwahia is mostly found in: Kano, where 36 percent reside, Rivers, where 21 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 13 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 4 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.

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Nwaich672/
Nwajio672/
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Nweyah672/
Nhwaja671/
N'Waja671/
Nwoiad671/
Nuohia671/
Nwaweh671/
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N'Waya671/
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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 Nwahia
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