Nwanesi Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Nwanesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 106 | 1:1,671,158 | 61,739 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nwanesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwanesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwanesi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwanesi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,628,521st most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Nwanesi reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 1,671,158. In Nigeria Nwanesi is most frequent in: Lagos, where 29 percent live, Kaduna, where 18 percent live and Abia, where 16 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwanezi | 86 | 105 | / |
| Nwaneji | 86 | 35 | / |
| Nwanysi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwanese | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwanisi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwaniezi | 80 | 10 | / |
| Nwanezie | 80 | 5 | / |
| Nwagnezi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nwannezi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwanneji | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwaneezie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwannezie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwaniji | 71 | 194 | / |
| Nwanege | 71 | 78 | / |
| Nwaneze | 71 | 65 | / |
| Nwanise | 71 | 8 | / |
| Nwaneje | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nwanije | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nwanige | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwanjje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwanice | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwangeze | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nwanieze | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwanizie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwanegeh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwanneze | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwanaize | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwanoizie | 63 | 4 | / |
| Mvonesi | 57 | 6 | / |
| Nwonege | 57 | 4 | / |
| Nvaneza | 57 | 2 | / |
| Nwonige | 57 | 2 | / |
| Mvangezi | 53 | 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 Nwanesi
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