Nwakaji Surname

427,014th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 809 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwakaji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwakaji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8051:220,05313,004
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Nwakaji (69) may also be a first name.

Nwakaji Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwakaji is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwakaji? popularity and diffusion

Nwakaji is the 427,014th most common family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 9,008,091 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwakaji live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwakaji is also the 1,171,416th most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 69 people.

This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 805 people, or 1 in 220,053. In Nigeria Nwakaji is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 34 percent reside, Delta, where 21 percent reside and Abia, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and Ireland, where 0 percent reside.

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Nwokaja711/
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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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  • 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 Nwakaji
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