Nwambo Surname
Approximately 449 people bear this surname
Nwambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 382 | 1:463,724 | 23,511 |
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nwambo (48) may also be a first name.
Nwambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwambo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nwambo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwambo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nwambo is the 667,223rd most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 16,230,615 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwambo live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 48 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 382 people, or 1 in 463,724. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 52 percent are found, Benue, where 10 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 12 percent are found and Denmark, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwambgo | 92 | 4 | / |
| Nwamba | 83 | 1,949 | / |
| Nwanbo | 83 | 59 | / |
| Nuambo | 83 | 28 | / |
| Nwombo | 83 | 21 | / |
| Nwembo | 83 | 11 | / |
| Nbambo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nwambah | 77 | 29 | / |
| Nwanmba | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nwganbo | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nnwamba | 77 | 3 | / |
| N'Wamba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwamnba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwainbo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwahamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbambo | 67 | 40,019 | / |
| Mvambo | 67 | 815 | / |
| Nwanba | 67 | 128 | / |
| Nuamba | 67 | 29 | / |
| Nwomba | 67 | 26 | / |
| Nwemba | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nbombo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwachimba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nbamba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nbanbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvombo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuembo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwonbo | 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 Nwambo
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