Nwanse Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Nwanse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 192 | 1:922,619 | 39,799 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Nwanse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwanse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwanse is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwanse? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nwanse is the 1,214,709th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. Nwanse occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwanse are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 192 people, or 1 in 922,619. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Plateau, where 90 percent are found, Benue, where 5 percent are found and Ogun, where 2 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Wales, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwanset | 92 | 14 | / |
| Nwans | 91 | 20 | / |
| Nwanze | 83 | 5,580 | / |
| Nwange | 83 | 547 | / |
| Nwansi | 83 | 238 | / |
| Nwanje | 83 | 56 | / |
| Nwansa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Nwance | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwains | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nuanset | 77 | 242 | / |
| Nwanshi | 77 | 132 | / |
| Nwanzeh | 77 | 40 | / |
| Nwanjei | 77 | 30 | / |
| Nwanche | 77 | 29 | / |
| Nuansee | 77 | 21 | / |
| Nwannze | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nwangee | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nnwanze | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwangeh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwainze | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwangie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwanzeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwanjje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwanget | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwangea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwanz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nvans | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwanshii | 71 | 11 | / |
| Nwannnsa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nwansaja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwuanjea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwancher | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwanshio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nuansi | 67 | 8,782 | / |
| Nwanji | 67 | 1,149 | / |
| Nuansa | 67 | 406 | / |
| Nwanzi | 67 | 376 | / |
| Nwangi | 67 | 56 | / |
| Nwanza | 67 | 42 | / |
| Nwonsa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Mbanse | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nwachinge | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwanch | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nuanje | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwamze | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwonge | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwonze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nbanze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuange | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nbange | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuance | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuhans | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Nwanse
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