Nwancha Surname

816,514th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 341 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nwancha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwancha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2891:612,95129,166
Cameroon431:483,00239,429
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Nwancha (38) may also be a first name.

Nwancha Last Name Facts

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

Nwancha is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwancha? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 816,514th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 21,371,102 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nwancha live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwancha is also the 1,662,754th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 38 people.

Nwancha is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 289 people, or 1 in 612,951. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 79 percent are found, Rivers, where 9 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaancha931/
Nwancho861,606/
Nwanchi86311/
Nuancha8666/
Nwanche8629/
Nwoncha863/
Nwankha861/
Nuanchai80309/
Nnwancho805/
Nwanchuo802/
Nwanchoi801/
Nhwancho801/
Nwancher801/
Nwontcha801/
Nwanja771,945/
Nwanza7742/
Nwansa776/
Nwhanchop751/
Nwanzia71178/
Nwencho7179/
Mbancha7145/
Nwansoh7116/
Nwwanja714/
Nnwanja714/
Nwandja714/
Nwonchi714/
Nwanhso713/
Nwansho712/
Nwangeh712/
Nwamcho712/
Nwaanja712/
Nwonche711/
Nwansah711/
Nuankha711/
Nwanjih711/
Nwangea711/
Nuanchui67110/
Nuamchat6759/
Nuanchit6732/
Nwannnsa672/
Nuanchuy672/
Nwuanjea671/
Nwaindja671/
Nbouncha671/
Mbantcha671/
Nuanchoo671/
Nuankhai671/
Nuankhau671/
Nnwanjah671/

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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 Nwancha
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