Nwalata Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwalata Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nwalata 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
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nwalata Last Name Facts

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

Nwalata is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwalata? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nwalata is the 5,812,366th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwalata live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 70 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 30 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 9 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
Nwalati861/
Nwalota861/
Nwahalatah822/
Nwailati801/
Nwaeleta801/
Nwaeleita755/
Mbalata71195/
Nweilati671/
Mbalate5784/
Mbalathi53102/
Mboulata5313/
Mbhalate5310/
Mbaalati532/
Mbahlati531/
Mbalathe531/
Mbhalathi5027/
Mbahalati501/
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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 Nwalata
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