Nwanjoku Surname

422,941st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 819 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwanjoku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwanjoku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8031:220,60113,032
United States111:32,950,812797,015
England51:11,143,612252,590

Nwanjoku (72) may also be a first name.

Nwanjoku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwanjoku is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwanjoku? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nwanjoku is the 422,941st most frequent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 8,898,102 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwanjoku live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 72 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 803 people, or 1 in 220,601. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 35 percent live, Ebonyi, where 23 percent live and Enugu, where 16 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Nwanjoku Last Name Statistics demography

Nwanjoku earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwanjioku944/
Nwannjoku943/
Nwanojoku941/
Nwanjokuu941/
Nwanjuku889/
Nwonjoku885/
Nwamjoku881/
Nwanjiaku826/
Nwanyaku755/
Nwanzaku754/
Nwannejiaku746/
Nwanyiaku715/
Nwanchaku711/
Nwonyuku634/
Mbanyaku501/

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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 Nwanjoku
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