Nwanagu Surname

738,530th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwanagu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwanagu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3721:476,19023,978
United States151:24,163,929685,360
England21:27,859,030389,889
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nwanagu (252) may also be a first name.

Nwanagu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwanagu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwanagu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 738,530th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 18,638,225 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Nwanagu reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwanagu is also the 561,423rd most widely held forename worldwide, borne by 252 people.

The last name Nwanagu is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 372 people, or 1 in 476,190. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 31 percent are found, Abia, where 14 percent are found and Oyo, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Nwanagu Last Name Statistics demography

Nwanagu earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 37.94% more than the national average, earning $59,518 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nnwanagu9310/
Nwannagu931/
Nwuanagu931/
Nwanegu869/
Nwanogu866/
Nwonagu861/
Nwuonagu803/
Nnwanegu801/
Nwannongu751/
Nwonogu717/
Mbanagu711/
Mbanaghu673/
Mbanogu575/

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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 Nwanagu
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