Nwankwo Surname

1,794th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 305,281 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

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

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria302,3671:58669
United States1,2061:300,54627,714
Ghana7621:35,4604,134
England4441:125,49112,566
South Africa1131:479,44939,619
Cameroon481:432,68936,488
Canada401:921,14070,350
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Germany311:2,596,950129,424
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Rwanda161:710,3112,071
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Poland111:3,455,341126,214
Jamaica101:286,9957,581
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Belize51:71,0952,977
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Senegal51:2,915,8685,479
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Wales51:618,90625,852
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Guyana31:254,07411,262
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Bahamas31:130,5841,472
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
France11:66,422,722504,397
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202

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 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.

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