Nwanka Surname

531,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 608 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwanka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwanka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6031:293,76916,486
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nwanka (706) may also be a first name.

Nwanka Last Name Facts

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

Nwanka is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nwanka.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwanka? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nwanka is the 531,574th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 11,986,095 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwanka live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 310,909th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 706 people.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 603 people, or 1 in 293,769. In Nigeria Nwanka is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 45 percent are found, Abia, where 15 percent are found and Rivers, where 8 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwankaa923/
Nwankap922/
Nwannka921/
Nwankoa921/
Nwankha921/
Nwangka921/
Nwankash861/
Nwannkea861/
Nwanko831,192/
Nwanke83160/
Nuanka8350/
Nwonka8323/
Nwanki832/
Nuangka7743/
Nwankey778/
Nwankuo777/
Nwankoo776/
Nwwanko776/
Nnwanko775/
Nwankeh773/
Nwankeu773/
Nwankie772/
Nwankoh772/
Nwanked771/
Nuankoa771/
Nuankha771/
Nwankou771/
Nwankih771/
N'Wanki771/
Nwankko771/
Nwankee771/
Nwamkah771/
Nwonnka771/
Nwganko771/
Nwankio771/
Nuankhau711/
Nuankhai711/
Nwannkey711/
Nweaneke711/
Nwonke6738/
Nwonko6715/
Nuanki671/
Nwachinko671/
Nwance671/

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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 Nwanka
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