Nwanke Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Nwanke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 159 | 1:1,114,105 | 45,936 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwanke (42) may also be a first name.
Nwanke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwanke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwanke has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwanke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nwanke is the 1,374,607th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwanke are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 42 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 1,114,105. In Nigeria Nwanke is mostly found in: Abia, where 69 percent are found, Rivers, where 16 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 6 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Nwanke occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwankey | 92 | 8 | / |
| Nwankeu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Nwankeh | 92 | 3 | / |
| Nwankie | 92 | 2 | / |
| Nwanked | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwankee | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwank | 91 | 11 | / |
| Nwannkea | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwannkey | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nweaneke | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwanka | 83 | 608 | / |
| Nwonke | 83 | 38 | / |
| Nwanki | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nwankp | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwance | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwanks | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nuanket | 77 | 72 | / |
| Nwanche | 77 | 29 | / |
| Nwangue | 77 | 17 | / |
| Nwankaa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nwainek | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwannka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwankio | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwankih | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwankph | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwankoa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwankha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwangka | 77 | 1 | / |
| N'Wanki | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwang | 73 | 131 | / |
| Nuank | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwankowa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Nwangs | 67 | 83 | / |
| Nuanka | 67 | 50 | / |
| Nwonka | 67 | 23 | / |
| Nuankh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nuance | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwgang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnwang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuanki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nweang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuanec | 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 Nwanke
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