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 last name Nwanse is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwanse? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,214,709th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. The last name Nwanse is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwanse reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside 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 concentrated in: Plateau, where 90 percent live, Benue, where 5 percent live and Ogun, where 2 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Wales, where 1 percent live.
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
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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 Nwanse
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