Nwamkpa Surname

404,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 867 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwamkpa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwamkpa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8621:205,50212,265
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614

Nwamkpa (52) may also be a first name.

Nwamkpa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwamkpa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwamkpa? popularity and diffusion

Nwamkpa is the 404,308th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,405,474 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwamkpa reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwamkpa is also the 1,381,723rd most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 52 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 862 people, or 1 in 205,502. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Abia, where 62 percent live, Enugu, where 13 percent live and Rivers, where 9 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Nwamkpa Last Name Statistics demography

Nwamkpa earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.

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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 Nwamkpa
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