Nwanju Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Nwanju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 294 | 1:602,526 | 28,821 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Nwanju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwanju Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwanju is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Nwanju click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwanju? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 899,940th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 24,537,192 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwanju are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 294 people, or 1 in 602,526. In Nigeria Nwanju is most frequent in: Abia, where 80 percent are found, Rivers, where 13 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwanuju | 92 | 2 | / |
| Nwaneju | 92 | 2 | / |
| Nwanjuu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwanjou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nnwanju | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwanjiu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwaniju | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwanzu | 83 | 27 | / |
| Nwanhu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Nwansu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Nwanyu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nwagnu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwanyuh | 77 | 10 | / |
| Nuanjuy | 77 | 8 | / |
| Nuanjui | 77 | 8 | / |
| Nwanchu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nwangeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwaneyu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwenjui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwenjou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwanzeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwansup | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwansgu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwanoyou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nvandjou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbanju | 67 | 75 | / |
| Nwonsu | 67 | 69 | / |
| Nwonzu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nwoundjui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwonyu | 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
- 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 Nwanju
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