Nwake Surname
Approximately 585 people bear this surname
Nwake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 581 | 1:304,893 | 16,978 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Nwake (51) may also be a first name.
Nwake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwake occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwake? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nwake is the 546,987th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 12,457,343 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwake reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly used given name internationally, borne by 51 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 581 people, or 1 in 304,893. In Nigeria Nwake is mostly found in: Enugu, where 15 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 13 percent reside and Rivers, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Nwake exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Nwake
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis