Nwanti Surname

780,352nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 363 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Nwanti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwanti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3011:588,51428,350
Cameroon591:352,01831,532
Iceland21:190,0456,825
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nwanti Last Name Facts

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

Nwanti occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwanti? popularity and diffusion

It is the 780,352nd most commonly used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 20,075,884 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwanti reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 301 people, or 1 in 588,514. In Nigeria Nwanti is most common in: Delta, where 35 percent live, Edo, where 13 percent live and Rivers, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Nwanti is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 16 percent live and Iceland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwantio921/
Nwante83452/
Nwanta83184/
Nuanti8332/
Nwonti831/
Nwanty831/
Nuaneti773/
Nuantip772/
Nwannte771/
Nnwanta771/
Nnwante771/
Nwanteh771/
Nwaty731/
Nuanthai71588/
Nuanthip71161/
Nouhanti715/
Nuantaid711/
N'Wounti711/
Nuanta673,400/
Mbanti6712/
Nwonta672/
Nuante671/
Nuantha62117/
Mbhanti622/
Mbantyi622/
Nuantes621/
Nuantee621/
Mbanthi621/
Mbantai621/
Nuanthet57132/
Nuanthed571/
Nuamthai571/
Nwountea571/
Mbonti50142/
Mbante5078/
Mventi501/
Nbonte501/

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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
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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 Nwanti
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