Nwaiwu Surname

75,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,496 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwaiwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwaiwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6,3321:27,9762,384
United States781:4,646,909242,363
England561:994,96549,531
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Nwaiwu (181) may also be a first name.

Nwaiwu Last Name Facts

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

Nwaiwu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwaiwu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 75,540th most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,121,851 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwaiwu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwaiwu is also the 677,199th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 181 people.

The surname Nwaiwu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 6,332 people, or 1 in 27,976. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 26 percent live, Rivers, where 21 percent live and Lagos, where 16 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Nwaiwu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Nwaiwu are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Nwaiwu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 45.71% less than the national average, earning R 129,012 per year and in United States they earn 12% more than the national average, earning $48,328 USD per year.

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Nwuiawu771/
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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 Nwaiwu
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