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
Nwai occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,231,034th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Nwai reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 163,517th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 2,114 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 1,196,911. In Nigeria Nwai is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 70 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 22 percent live and Rivers, where 4 percent live. Beside Nigeria Nwai is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 16 percent live and Pakistan, where 2 percent live.
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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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