Nwanchor Surname

66,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,527 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwanchor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwanchor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7,5251:23,5412,069
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nwanchor (832) may also be a first name.

Nwanchor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwanchor is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nwanchor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwanchor? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nwanchor is the 66,229th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 968,187 people. The surname Nwanchor occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwanchor are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwanchor is also the 283,108th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 832 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7,525 people, or 1 in 23,541. In Nigeria Nwanchor is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 89 percent are found, Lagos, where 2 percent are found and Enugu, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Nwanchor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nnwanchor945/
Nwaanchor941/
Nwanchoor941/
Nwancor939/
Nwanchar8812/
Nwonchor889/
Nwanshor889/
Nwamchor888/
Nwanchur881/
Nwenchor881/
Nwanjor8073/
Nwanzor8065/
Nwansor8015/
Nwaanjor752/
Nwandjar631/
Nbanjar535/
Nvanjare501/

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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 Nwanchor
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