Nwamu Surname

786,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwamu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwamu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3211:551,84726,913
United States251:14,498,357517,445
England121:4,643,172139,951
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nwamu (34) may also be a first name.

Nwamu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwamu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwamu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 786,896th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 20,299,571 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Nwamu reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwamu is also the 1,775,424th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 34 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 321 people, or 1 in 551,847. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 24 percent are found, Abia, where 20 percent are found and Lagos, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Nwamu occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

Nwamu Last Name Statistics demography

Nwamu earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.31% less than the national average, earning $40,425 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwamou9162/
Nwamuh918/
Nwamud915/
Nwamgu912/
Nwaemu911/
Nwaimu911/
Nwamut911/
Nwammou836/
Nwamouh836/
Nbamu8022/
Nwomu8018/
Nuamu805/
Nwemu804/
Nvamu801/
Nwammaud771/
Nwammaut771/
Nwahamou771/
Nwomou736/
Nmbamu734/
Nwoumu731/
Nweemuu6715/
N'Wêmou676/
N'Vamou673/
Nuhamau671/
Nwemmou671/
N'Womou671/

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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 Nwamu
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