Nwakaji Surname
Approximately 809 people bear this surname
Nwakaji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 805 | 1:220,053 | 13,004 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwankaji | 93 | 35 | / |
| Nwakoji | 86 | 17 | / |
| Nwokaji | 86 | 16 | / |
| Nwakeji | 86 | 8 | / |
| Nwakuji | 86 | 3 | / |
| Nwakaju | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nwakaihe | 80 | 106 | / |
| Nnwokaji | 80 | 6 | / |
| Nwankuji | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nwankeji | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwakagie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwaukoji | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwaakoji | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwakaihu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwakaa | 77 | 10 | / |
| Nwakau | 77 | 8 | / |
| Nwakoi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nwakei | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nwakoa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwakie | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwokeji | 71 | 2,653 | / |
| Nwokoji | 71 | 743 | / |
| Mbakaji | 71 | 35 | / |
| Nwakuya | 71 | 13 | / |
| Nwekuji | 71 | 9 | / |
| Nwekoji | 71 | 7 | / |
| Nwakaya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nwankaa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nwakawe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nwakuoa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nwankoa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwakoya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwakayu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwokiji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwakoha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwokaja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwakejo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwokuji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwakoja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nuamkhai | 67 | 142 | / |
| Nwokojie | 67 | 27 | / |
| Nwokojii | 67 | 18 | / |
| Nwokejie | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nwokijie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nuamhkai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwannkea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwankaue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwokieji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuankhai | 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
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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 Nwakaji
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