Nwaigwe Surname

56,641st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,946 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwaigwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwaigwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8,7621:20,2171,841
United States1081:3,356,101190,802
England451:1,238,17956,985
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
France11:66,422,722504,397
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Nwaigwé (1) are calculated separately.

Nwaigwe (320) may also be a first name.

Nwaigwe Last Name Facts

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

Nwaigwe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Nwaigwé. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwaigwe? popularity and diffusion

Nwaigwe is the 56,641st most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 814,615 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwaigwe reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 490,671st most common first name at a global level It is held by 320 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8,762 people, or 1 in 20,217. In Nigeria Nwaigwe is primarily found in: Abia, where 32 percent reside, Rivers, where 14 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Nwaigwe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Nwaigwe last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.

Nwaigwe earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.29% less than the national average, earning $35,259 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Nwaigwe
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