Nwakaeze Surname
Approximately 676 people bear this surname
Nwakaeze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 653 | 1:271,275 | 15,445 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwakaeze (32) may also be a first name.
Nwakaeze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwakaeze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwakaeze occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwakaeze? popularity and diffusion
Nwakaeze is the 490,085th most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 10,780,393 people. The last name Nwakaeze occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nwakaeze live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwakaeze is also the 1,840,253rd most widely held first name internationally It is held by 32 people.
Nwakaeze is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 653 people, or 1 in 271,275. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 30 percent reside, Enugu, where 17 percent reside and Abia, where 8 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwakeze | 93 | 506 | / |
| Nwakaze | 93 | 5 | / |
| Nwokaeze | 88 | 36 | / |
| Nwakaege | 88 | 15 | / |
| Nwaekeze | 88 | 3 | / |
| Nwakezie | 88 | 3 | / |
| Nwakoeze | 88 | 3 | / |
| Nwaikeze | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nwaekezie | 82 | 2 | / |
| Nwekeze | 80 | 30 | / |
| Nwokeze | 80 | 11 | / |
| Nwakase | 80 | 6 | / |
| Nwakazi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nwakezi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwokezie | 75 | 26 | / |
| Nwekeeze | 75 | 5 | / |
| Nwokeuze | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nwakaeji | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwekezeh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwekezie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwakasi | 67 | 440 | / |
| Nwakose | 67 | 27 | / |
| Nwokezi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nwekazi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuekeze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwekezi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwakojiezi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwokoezi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nwokazie | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nwokesi | 53 | 22 | / |
| Nwakosi | 53 | 4 | / |
| Mvakazi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nwekozi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nwokoegi | 50 | 39 | / |
| Nwokozie | 50 | 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
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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 Nwakaeze
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