Nwakah Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwakah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwakah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria391:4,542,122122,724
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nwakah Last Name Facts

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

Nwakah has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwakah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,017,195th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. Nwakah occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwakah reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Federal Capital Territory, where 31 percent live, Lagos, where 31 percent live and Rivers, where 15 percent live. Barring Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwakach923/
Nwaka917,521/
Nwauka83169/
Nwokah83149/
Nwakoh8347/
Nwaska8317/
Nwaaka8311/
Nwaika8310/
Nwakaa8310/
Nwakau838/
Nwaeka835/
Nnwaka834/
Nwuaka833/
Nweaka832/
Nwakoa832/
Nwazka831/
N'Waka831/
Nuakah831/
Nwakohu7798/
Nwahaka7736/
Nwakuoa773/
Nwokeah773/
Nwokaah771/
Nwashka771/
Nwaekka771/
Nwakoha771/
Nwoka731,546/
Nwako73938/
Nweka73264/
Nuaka73103/
Nvaka732/
Nwaca731/
Nbakkhah718/
Nwokoh67332/
Nwauko6797/
Nnwoka6784/
Nwahachei6732/
Nwakuo6713/
Nwaiko675/
Nwaeko674/
Nwakoi674/
Nwaica674/
Nwakei673/
Nwuoka673/
Nbaaka673/
Nweako673/
Nwokap673/
Nwaako672/
Nwakeu672/
Nbakka672/
Nwouka671/
Nwwoka671/
Nwokas671/
Nweeka671/
Nwuako671/
Nuhaka671/
Nwekoh671/

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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 Nwakah
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