Nwamadu Surname
Approximately 344 people bear this surname
Nwamadu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 339 | 1:522,545 | 25,784 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nwamadu (12) may also be a first name.
Nwamadu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwamadu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwamadu occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwamadu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 811,192nd most commonly held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 21,184,726 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwamadu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 339 people, or 1 in 522,545. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 25 percent live, Abia, where 20 percent live and Rivers, where 14 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Nwamadu
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