Nwajah Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Nwajah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 198 | 1:894,660 | 38,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwajah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwajah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwajah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwajah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,189,614th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwajah reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Nwajah is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 894,660. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ebonyi, where 53 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 10 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nwajah
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