Nwanwa Surname

811,192nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 344 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwanwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwanwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3091:573,27827,744
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nwanwa (144) may also be a first name.

Nwanwa Last Name Facts

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

Nwanwa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwanwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 811,192nd most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 21,184,726 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwanwa are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 769,375th most frequent first name globally It is held by 144 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 309 people, or 1 in 573,278. In Nigeria Nwanwa is most common in: Rivers, where 72 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent are found and Enugu, where 5 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwanhwa925/
Nwanwah922/
Nwahnwa921/
Nwanwga921/
Nhwanhwa865/
Nwaynway861/
Nwanwaih861/
Nwhanwai861/
Nwanua83549/
Nwanwo83218/
Nbanwa8320/
Nwanwe8313/
Nwanva831/
Nwanwi831/
Nwahtinwa801/
Nuanwat77214/
Nwanuah7750/
Nwanwuo777/
Nwanmba775/
Nwanweh775/
Nwannba773/
Nwanwwo773/
Nwamnwo771/
Nwannwi771/
Nwanvah771/
Nwanhwo771/
Nuanwadt713/
Nwanguha711/
Nuanwath711/
Nwonwe6774/
Nwanuo6765/
Nwonwo6728/
Nwamwi677/
Nuanwi676/
Nwanue675/
Nwamwo673/
Nvanva672/
Nbanwe672/
Nwanvo672/
Nwonwy671/
Nwachinwe671/
Nwassenwi671/
Nuanua671/
Nwanui671/
Mvanwa671/

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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 Nwanwa
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