Nwanneka Surname

466,730th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 721 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwanneka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwanneka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7021:252,34014,566
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Nwanneka (8,911) may also be a first name.

Nwanneka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwanneka is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwanneka? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nwanneka is the 466,730th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 10,107,553 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwanneka reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwanneka is also the 66,153rd most common first name internationally. It is borne by 8,911 people.

The surname Nwanneka is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 702 people, or 1 in 252,340. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 26 percent are found, Lagos, where 23 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nwaneka9363/
Nwanekah8815/
Nwannaka886/
Nwonneka883/
Nwannoka882/
Nwanneke881/
Nnwaneka881/
Nwanneako823/
Nwanaka80266/
Nwaneke80230/
Nweneka80142/
Nwanoka8066/
Nwaneki803/
Nwauneke7525/
Nwanekii759/
Nwanekie756/
Nwaanaka753/
Nwuanaka753/
Nwanekez752/
Nwannoko752/
Nwenekai751/
Nnwanaka751/
Nweaneke751/
Nwanneche7125/
Nwanike6774/
Nwanako6735/
Nwanoko6718/
Nwaniko674/
Nwaniki671/
Nwenaka671/
Nwanice671/

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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 Nwanneka
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