Nwango Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwango Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwango Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria811:2,186,94874,923
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nwango (30) may also be a first name.

Nwango Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwango is found most in Nigeria. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwango? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,007,164th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Nwango is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwango live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most numerous given name worldwide It is held by 30 people.

The surname Nwango is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 2,186,948. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 43 percent live, Enugu, where 19 percent live and Rivers, where 14 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwangoh9224/
Nwangho921/
Nwangoy921/
Nwangot921/
Nwankgo921/
Nwanga836,626/
Nuango8315/
Nwongo8311/
Nbango836/
Nwamgo832/
Nwassengo808/
Nwangah7732/
Nhwanga7713/
Nwangha7713/
Nnwanga778/
Nwaanga771/
Nbaungo771/
Nwangap771/
Nwganga771/
Nwongou771/
N'Wanga771/
Nwannga771/
Nwongho771/
Nwangaa771/
Nwangga771/
N'Wuanga711/
Nwuangha711/
Nwanngah711/
Mbango6715,821/
Mvango67816/
Nbongo67138/
Nvanga6734/
Nuanga6734/
Nwonga6725/
Nwamga6719/
Nbanga677/
Nvongo674/
Nvengo671/

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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 Nwango
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