Nwankwo Surname
Approximately 305,281 people bear this surname
Nwankwo Surname User-submission:
The surname Nwankwo means 'descendant of one who was born on a Nkwo day'. Nwko is the name of the four day week in Igbo.
Nwankwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 302,367 | 1:586 | 69 |
| United States | 1,206 | 1:300,546 | 27,714 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| England | 444 | 1:125,491 | 12,566 |
| South Africa | 113 | 1:479,449 | 39,619 |
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| Canada | 40 | 1:921,140 | 70,350 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Jamaica | 10 | 1:286,995 | 7,581 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Bahamas | 3 | 1:130,584 | 1,472 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
Nwankwo (16,241) may also be a first name.
Nwankwo Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Nwankwo means 'descendant of one who was born on a Nkwo day'. Nwko is the name of the four day week in Igbo.
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Nwankwo Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Nwankwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwankwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwankwo is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwankwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,794th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 23,872 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwankwo live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 43,968th most frequently used forename in the world, held by 16,241 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 302,367 people, or 1 in 586. In Nigeria Nwankwo is primarily concentrated in: Anambra, where 34 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 12 percent reside and Imo, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 71 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Ghana, where 0 percent reside.
Nwankwo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Nwankwo last name are 42.89% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96.12% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Nwankwo earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 6.21% less than the national average, earning 324,592 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 9.56% less than the national average, earning R 214,920 per year; in United States they earn 11.91% more than the national average, earning $48,287 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.5% less than the national average, earning $41,980 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nnwankwo | 93 | 99 | / |
| Nwankwuo | 93 | 58 | / |
| Nwannkwo | 93 | 29 | / |
| Nwankwoh | 93 | 26 | / |
| Nwaankwo | 93 | 25 | / |
| Nwankkwo | 93 | 20 | / |
| Nwankwwo | 93 | 9 | / |
| Nweankwo | 93 | 8 | / |
| Nwwankwo | 93 | 7 | / |
| Nwankwoy | 93 | 7 | / |
| Nwankwoo | 93 | 7 | / |
| Nhwankwo | 93 | 6 | / |
| Hnwankwo | 93 | 3 | / |
| Nwankhwo | 93 | 3 | / |
| Nwuankwo | 93 | 2 | / |
| Nwankcwo | 93 | 2 | / |
| Nwankwoa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nwankwoi | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nwgankwo | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nwankwos | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nwanckwo | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nwangkwo | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nwankwou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nwankwoch | 88 | 4 | / |
| Nwannnkwo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nnwwankwo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nwonkwo | 86 | 543 | / |
| Nwankwa | 86 | 182 | / |
| Nwangwo | 86 | 39 | / |
| Nwankuo | 86 | 7 | / |
| Nuankwo | 86 | 7 | / |
| Nwankwoaja | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nwuankwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwankwua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwankwuad | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwangwa | 71 | 2,376 | / |
| Nwonkwa | 71 | 17 | / |
| Nwongwo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Nwonkuo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwangwaa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nwanngbo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Nnwangbo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nwangwah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwaangbo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwanngwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwaingbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwaungwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nwankwo
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