Nwakpu Surname

128,808th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,517 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwakpu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwakpu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,5151:50,3963,863
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nwakpu (314) may also be a first name.

Nwakpu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwakpu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwakpu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 128,808th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,072,092 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwakpu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwakpu is also the 495,703rd most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 314 people.

The last name Nwakpu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,515 people, or 1 in 50,396. In Nigeria Nwakpu is most common in: Ebonyi, where 84 percent live, Delta, where 2 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaekpu924/
Nwaakpu921/
Nwahkpu921/
Nwakpui921/
Nwaukpu921/
Nwekpu8395/
Nwokpu8380/
Nvakpu831/
Nwokpou775/
Mbakpou621/
Nwokpoo621/
Mbaakpou571/

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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 Nwakpu
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