Nwai Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Nwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 148 | 1:1,196,911 | 48,419 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nwai (2,114) may also be a first name.
Nwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwai has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nwai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,231,034th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Nwai are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwai is also the 163,517th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 2,114 people.
The surname Nwai is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 1,196,911. In Nigeria Nwai is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 70 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 22 percent are found and Rivers, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 16 percent are found and Pakistan, where 2 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 Nwai
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