Nwangw Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwangw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwangw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nwangw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwangw has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwangw? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,772,636th most common surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Nwangw live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Federal Capital Territory, where 44 percent are found, Benue, where 25 percent are found and Abia, where 19 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwangwe9270/
Nwagw9110/
Nwankw8341/
Nwaigw831/
Nwangb831/
Nwaigew774/
Nwankwp771/
Nvangwe771/
Nwogw732/
Nwagb731/
Nwakw731/
Nuagw731/
Nwonkw672/
Nwaikw671/
Nwosgw671/
Nwokw5512/
Nwogb551/
Nwookw503/
Mbankw501/

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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 Nwangw
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis