Nwakuna Surname
Approximately 429 people bear this surname
Nwakuna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 419 | 1:422,775 | 21,904 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nwakuna (12) may also be a first name.
Nwakuna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwakuna Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwakuna is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwakuna? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nwakuna is the 689,921st most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 16,987,287 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwakuna live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 419 people, or 1 in 422,775. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 27 percent are found, Edo, where 16 percent are found and Kaduna, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Nwakuna is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwakouna | 93 | 40 | / |
| Nwakunna | 93 | 8 | / |
| Nwakauna | 93 | 6 | / |
| Nwakunah | 93 | 2 | / |
| Nnwakuna | 93 | 2 | / |
| Nwakaunna | 88 | 2 | / |
| Nwakona | 86 | 33 | / |
| Nwakunie | 80 | 6 | / |
| Nwakonna | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nwekeuna | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nwakunnie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nuakona | 71 | 12 | / |
| Nwokona | 71 | 5 | / |
| Nwakono | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nwokonna | 67 | 104 | / |
| Nwaukoni | 67 | 39 | / |
| Nnwokonna | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nwokono | 57 | 32 | / |
| Nwokoni | 57 | 10 | / |
| Nwokone | 57 | 8 | / |
| Nwokonne | 53 | 6 | / |
| Nbokoune | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mbakhoune | 50 | 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 Nwakuna
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