Nwakwesi Surname

2,152,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Nwakwesi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwakwesi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria421:4,217,685117,088
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Jamaica101:286,9957,581
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England11:55,718,059489,080

Nwakwesi Last Name Facts

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

Nwakwesi is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwakwesi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,152,526th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Nwakwesi live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria Nwakwesi is most frequent in: Lagos, where 50 percent are found, Kaduna, where 19 percent are found and Rivers, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 23 percent are found and Jamaica, where 13 percent are found.

Nwakwesi Last Name Statistics demography

Nwakwesi earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 118.29% more than the national average, earning $94,188 USD per year.

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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 Nwakwesi
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