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.

DNA test information

Nwakwasi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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

Nwakwasi is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwakwasi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,665,662nd most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Nwakwasi live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Nwakwasi is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 30 percent are found, Abia, where 22 percent are found and Rivers, where 19 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Iceland, where 3 percent are found and Italy, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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
  • 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 Nwakwasi
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