Nwakwesili Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Nwakwesili Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 88 | 1:2,012,986 | 70,656 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Nwakwesili Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwakwesili Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwakwesili is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwakwesili? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,980,395th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwakwesili are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Nwakwesili is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 2,012,986. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 38 percent reside, Lagos, where 27 percent reside and Enugu, where 11 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwakwesil | 95 | 4 | / |
| Nwakwesilu | 90 | 5 | / |
| Nakasili | 78 | 75 | / |
| Ngwasili | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nyaksilia | 74 | 2 | / |
| Nakasioli | 74 | 1 | / |
| Naksila | 71 | 59 | / |
| Ngasili | 71 | 9 | / |
| Nkeseli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Naksali | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakesel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwokesiole | 70 | 2 | / |
| Nakasila | 67 | 929 | / |
| Nakaseli | 67 | 89 | / |
| Nnyakisoili | 67 | 88 | / |
| Nakisali | 67 | 56 | / |
| Nkwesele | 67 | 19 | / |
| Nekwasil | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nakasali | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nakisile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngassili | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkesl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nagasili | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwaxhili | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkiosili | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nekesali | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nakasoli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nakasile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nakisuli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngweseli | 67 | 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 Nwakwesili
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