Nwanjah Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Nwanjah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Nwanjah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwanjah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwanjah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwanjah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,372,517th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Nwanjah live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Nwanjah is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 2,857,141. In Nigeria Nwanjah is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 27 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 18 percent reside and Lagos, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Nwanjah exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nnwanjah | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nwanja | 92 | 1,945 | / |
| Nwwanja | 86 | 4 | / |
| Nnwanja | 86 | 4 | / |
| Nwanyah | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nwaanja | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nwanjia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwanija | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwuanjea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwanya | 77 | 1,685 | / |
| Nwanjo | 77 | 119 | / |
| Nwania | 77 | 53 | / |
| Nuanja | 77 | 25 | / |
| Nwanha | 77 | 7 | / |
| Nbanja | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nwonja | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwenja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwanjioha | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nwainya | 71 | 78 | / |
| Nwenjoh | 71 | 58 | / |
| Nwaneho | 71 | 47 | / |
| Nwanjei | 71 | 30 | / |
| Nwenyah | 71 | 14 | / |
| Nwaenya | 71 | 13 | / |
| Nwanyaa | 71 | 12 | / |
| Nwaenia | 71 | 7 | / |
| Nuanjai | 71 | 6 | / |
| Nwannia | 71 | 6 | / |
| Nwaanya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nweanya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nwanhya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nnwanya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nwonjea | 71 | 1 | / |
| N'Wanya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwangea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwangna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwanjou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwanojio | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwaaneho | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwoniahs | 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 Nwanjah
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