Nwanyi Surname
Approximately 219 people bear this surname
Nwanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 207 | 1:855,762 | 37,544 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Nwanyi (666) may also be a first name.
Nwanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwanyi is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwanyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nwanyi is the 1,111,382nd most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwanyi reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwanyi is also the 321,585th most frequently occurring given name at a global level It is held by 666 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 855,762. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 47 percent live, Abia, where 14 percent live and Enugu, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Nwanyi occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 5 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
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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 Nwanyi
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