Nwajoku Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Nwajoku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 152 | 1:1,165,413 | 47,471 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nwajoku (10) may also be a first name.
Nwajoku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwajoku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwajoku is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwajoku? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nwajoku is the 1,385,851st most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nwajoku are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwajoku is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 1,165,413. In Nigeria Nwajoku is mostly found in: Rivers, where 34 percent live, Abia, where 16 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwajeoku | 93 | 2 | / |
| Nwaajoku | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nwajioku | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nwaoku | 92 | 195 | / |
| Nwjoku | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwojoku | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwwaoku | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwajuaku | 80 | 119 | / |
| Nwaujuku | 80 | 5 | / |
| Nnwijoku | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nwayioku | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nbjoku | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nweaku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwaijiaku | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nwajiakcu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwoyuku | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nweyoku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwaauku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwujuku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwagiaku | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nbajiaku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaoku | 62 | 3 | / |
| Nbiakeu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mbajiaku | 53 | 55 | / |
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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 Nwajoku
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