Nwamkwo Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Nwamkwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nwamkwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwamkwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwamkwo has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwamkwo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,628,521st most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname Nwamkwo is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwamkwo live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Nwamkwo is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 1,488,595. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Enugu, where 24 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 17 percent reside and Lagos, where 15 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and The Gambia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nwamkwo
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