Nwanje Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Nwanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nwanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwanje occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nwanje.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwanje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nwanje is the 2,580,327th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwanje reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 39 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 25 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 48 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Nwanje
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