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 is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwankwu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nwankwu is the 475,771st most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 10,366,353 people. It occurs mostly 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. Nwankwu is also the 1,125,792nd most common first name internationally, held by 74 people.
The last name Nwankwu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 699 people, or 1 in 253,423. In Nigeria Nwankwu is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 26 percent are found, Abia, where 16 percent are found and Enugu, where 12 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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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