Nwande Surname
Approximately 329 people bear this surname
Nwande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 260 | 1:681,318 | 31,645 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Nwande (11) may also be a first name.
Nwande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwande Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwande is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nwande.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwande? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 837,371st most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 22,150,595 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwande live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwande is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 260 people, or 1 in 681,318. In Nigeria Nwande is most common in: Enugu, where 47 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 8 percent reside and Benue, where 7 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 21 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwandei | 92 | 40 | / |
| Nwandeh | 92 | 18 | / |
| Nwandee | 92 | 15 | / |
| Nwandie | 92 | 1 | / |
| N'Wande | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwanda | 83 | 142 | / |
| Nwandi | 83 | 102 | / |
| Nwonde | 83 | 16 | / |
| Nuande | 83 | 8 | / |
| Nbande | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nwandy | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nuandet | 77 | 163 | / |
| Nuandee | 77 | 50 | / |
| Nwandoi | 77 | 16 | / |
| Nwanddi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nnwanda | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nuandje | 77 | 1 | / |
| N'Vande | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwondeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gnuande | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwandyi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwahandi | 71 | 25 | / |
| Nouhande | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mbande | 67 | 2,728 | / |
| Nuandi | 67 | 907 | / |
| Mvande | 67 | 252 | / |
| Nwonda | 67 | 61 | / |
| Nuanda | 67 | 25 | / |
| Nwamdi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nwondi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Nvanda | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nbonde | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nbandi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwachindi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nvende | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nvonde | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nwande
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