Nwakwasi Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Nwakwasi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwakwasi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Nwakwasi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwakwasi is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwakwasi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nwakwasi is the 3,665,662nd most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Nwakwasi occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Nwakwasi reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Nwakwasi is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 30 percent are found, Abia, where 22 percent are found and Rivers, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 3 percent are found and Italy, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwakwesi8877/
Nwakuasi887/
Nwakwase882/
Nwankwosi822/
Nwagwaji751/
Nwankwozi711/
Nwakwaeze711/
Nwagwuachi671/
Nwakweze633/
Mbakwase633/
Nwagbase632/
Nwakwoeze591/
Nwokwezie591/
Nwakwoche591/
Mbagwashi591/
Nwagbose504/

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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 Nwakwasi
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