Nwairo Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Nwairo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwairo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1771:1,000,80742,311
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nwairo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwairo is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwairo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nwairo is the 1,227,038th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. The last name Nwairo is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Nwairo reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 177 people, or 1 in 1,000,807. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 33 percent live, Abia, where 19 percent live and Enugu, where 14 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.

Nwairo Last Name Statistics demography

Nwairo earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 37.03% more than the national average, earning $59,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nwaero8315/
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Nwioro836/
Nnwaro834/
Nwuaro833/
Nwaira833/
Nwauro832/
Nwarou832/
Nwaroa831/
Nwaeroh772/
Nwaroha771/
Nwoyiro771/
Nwara73275/
Nuiro7322/
Nwero7316/
Nvaro733/
Nwira732/
Nuaro732/
Nbaro732/
Mbairo671,285/
Nuirot6792/
Nuhiro6720/
Nvarro6720/
Nwarah6719/
Nuiroh679/
Nuirod676/
Nwarha672/
Nwasra671/
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Nwarau671/
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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 Nwairo
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