Nwanedo Surname

438,351st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 782 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwanedo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nwanedo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7501:236,19013,757
England201:2,785,90397,972
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Nwanedo (28) may also be a first name.

Nwanedo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwanedo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwanedo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 438,351st most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,319,112 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Nwanedo reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwanedo is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 28 people.

Nwanedo is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 750 people, or 1 in 236,190. In Nigeria Nwanedo is most numerous in: Lagos, where 23 percent live, Abia, where 17 percent live and Rivers, where 14 percent live. Other than Nigeria Nwanedo exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwanaedo9327/
Nwanedoh935/
Nwannedo933/
Nwaneda865/
Nwonedo865/
Nwanado862/
Nwenedo861/
Nwanodo861/
Nwannedah751/
Nweneda711/
Nwanada711/
Nwenedah671/
Mbaineda531/
Mbanhido531/
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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 Nwanedo
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