Nwanaji Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwanaji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwanaji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria711:2,494,96882,261
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nwanaji Last Name Facts

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

Nwanaji occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwanaji? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nwanaji is the 2,237,939th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name Nwanaji occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwanaji live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Nwanaji is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 2,494,968. In Nigeria Nwanaji is mostly found in: Abia, where 34 percent reside, Lagos, where 17 percent reside and Rivers, where 15 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, 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
  • 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 Nwanaji
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