Nwambu Surname
Approximately 985 people bear this surname
Nwambu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 980 | 1:180,758 | 11,106 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwambu (46) may also be a first name.
Nwambu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwambu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwambu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwambu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 366,000th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,398,524 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwambu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwambu is also the 1,484,914th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 46 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 980 people, or 1 in 180,758. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 62 percent are found, Rivers, where 8 percent are found and Enugu, where 6 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Nwambu
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