Nwakaire Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Nwakaire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 175 | 1:1,012,244 | 42,687 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Nwakaire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwakaire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwakaire is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nwakaire.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwakaire? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nwakaire is the 1,290,735th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwakaire reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Nwakaire is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 1,012,244. In Nigeria Nwakaire is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 38 percent live, Abia, where 23 percent live and Enugu, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Nwakaire occurs in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaskaire | 94 | 1 | / |
| Nwakire | 93 | 353 | / |
| Nwakare | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nwakirie | 88 | 6 | / |
| Nwakoire | 88 | 3 | / |
| Nwakireh | 88 | 3 | / |
| Nwakarie | 88 | 3 | / |
| Nwakeire | 88 | 2 | / |
| Nnwakire | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nwakar | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwakir | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwakiri | 80 | 123 | / |
| Nwakere | 80 | 26 | / |
| Nwakara | 80 | 12 | / |
| Nwakior | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nwokire | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nhwakar | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nbakire | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwakira | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwaikir | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwaikiri | 75 | 163 | / |
| Nwokoire | 75 | 15 | / |
| Nwakeure | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nwaekere | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwaikara | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbakaire | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwakaeri | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwaekiri | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwakerie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nuakar | 71 | 11 | / |
| Nwaekerie | 71 | 5 | / |
| Nwaker | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nweakerie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwokre | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwokiri | 67 | 35 | / |
| Nwokere | 67 | 32 | / |
| Nwekere | 67 | 18 | / |
| Nwaikchiri | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwokara | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nvahkar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwokeir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvakhre | 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 Nwakaire
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