Nwanma Surname

573,706th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 549 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwanma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwanma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5421:326,83217,905
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nwanma (87) may also be a first name.

Nwanma Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nwanma Come From? nationality or country of origin

Nwanma is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwanma? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 573,706th most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,274,218 people. The last name Nwanma is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwanma are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwanma is also the 1,024,927th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 87 people.

The surname Nwanma is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 542 people, or 1 in 326,832. In Nigeria Nwanma is most numerous in: Abia, where 62 percent live, Lagos, where 12 percent live and Rivers, where 11 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Nwanma Last Name Statistics demography

Nwanma earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 99.38% less than the national average, earning R 1,464 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwanmah9211/
Nwannma925/
Nwannmah861/
Nuanma83994/
Nwamma83141/
Nwanmo8345/
Nwanme836/
Nwonma832/
Nwanmi831/
Nwachinma801/
Nuanmai77646/
Nwanmuo77359/
Nwammah776/
Nwanmoh775/
Nwounma774/
Nwanmou773/
Nwuonma771/
Nnwamma771/
Nwanmuoh7115/
Nwaanmeh711/
Nwammaut711/
Nwammaud711/
Nuanmi67425/
Nbonma6719/
Nwammi677/
Mbanma676/
Nwammo674/
Nuhanmmad671/
Nuanme671/

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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 Nwanma
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