Nwankwu Surname
Approximately 703 people bear this surname
Nwankwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 699 | 1:253,423 | 14,617 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwankwu (74) may also be a first name.
Nwankwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwankwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwankwu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nwankwu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwankwu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 475,771st most frequently held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 10,366,353 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwankwu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly held first name globally, held by 74 people.
The surname Nwankwu is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 699 people, or 1 in 253,423. In Nigeria Nwankwu is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 26 percent live, Abia, where 16 percent live and Enugu, where 12 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Nwankwu
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