Nwali Surname

10,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53,317 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria53,2331:3,328451
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
United States201:18,122,947588,089
England131:4,286,005132,302
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

Nwali (2,432) may also be a first name.

Nwali Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwali is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwali? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nwali is the 10,540th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 136,683 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwali are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 150,156th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,432 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 53,233 people, or 1 in 3,328. In Nigeria Nwali is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 47 percent reside, Anambra, where 25 percent reside and Enugu, where 7 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it is found in 16 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Nwali Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nuhalia671/
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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 Nwali
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