Nwak Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Nwak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwak occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nwak.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwak? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Nwak is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Nwak live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 89 percent live and Enugu, where 5 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwake | 89 | 585 | / |
| Nwack | 89 | 23 | / |
| Nwuak | 89 | 5 | / |
| Nwauk | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nwaik | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nnwak | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nweak | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nwaike | 80 | 399 | / |
| Nwauke | 80 | 115 | / |
| Nweake | 80 | 43 | / |
| Nwakpp | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nhwake | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwadke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwatke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwakph | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwajke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nuak | 75 | 632 | / |
| Nwok | 75 | 16 | / |
| Nwag | 75 | 8 | / |
| Nwac | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nwaq | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nvak | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwaiske | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwakowa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwoke | 67 | 19,248 | / |
| Nuake | 67 | 28 | / |
| Nvakh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nwazq | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwagh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwoks | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwaig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwouk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwahg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwokp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwokx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuack | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwaqt | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nwak
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis