Nwannah Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwannah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwannah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1861:952,38040,741
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nwannah Last Name Facts

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

Nwannah is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwannah? popularity and diffusion

Nwannah is the 1,227,038th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwannah live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Nwannah is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 952,380. In Nigeria Nwannah is mostly found in: Lagos, where 25 percent live, Edo, where 12 percent live and Cross River, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Finland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwanngah931/
Nwanna9212,317/
Nwanah92175/
Nwangah8632/
Nwannoh8619/
Nwonnah866/
Nwannaa864/
Nweanah863/
Nnwanna863/
Nwaanna862/
Nwannga861/
Nwannea861/
Nwangna861/
Nwaunah861/
Nwannai861/
Nwainah861/
Nwana832,414/
Nwonah77109/
Nwauna7748/
Nuanna7727/
Nwanno7723/
Nwonna7722/
Nwanai7712/
Nwanha777/
Nnwana774/
Nbanna773/
Nwanaa773/
Nwaina772/
Nwasna772/
N'Wana772/
Nwaana772/
Nwanoh772/
Nwuana771/
Nwanau771/
Nhwana771/
Nwanay771/
Nwanoa771/
Nwahna771/
Nbanah771/
Nwachinna751/
Nuannai7194/
Nwangoh7124/
Nhwanga7113/
Nnwanga718/
Nwanuoh713/
Nuangna712/
Nwangaa711/
Mbannah711/
Nwaanga711/
Nwamnoh711/
Nuhanna711/
N'Wanga711/
Nwganga711/
Nuana67262/
Nwano67173/
Nwona6785/
Nbana6732/
Nvana6716/
Nwena679/
N'Wuanga671/
Nwaaymna671/

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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
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  • 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 Nwannah
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