Nwanyiri Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwanyiri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nwanyiri Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nwanyiri Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwanyiri is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwanyiri? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Nwanyiri is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Nwanyiri are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 57 percent reside and Lagos, where 43 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwonyiri8831/
Nwenyiri881/
Nwanjiri881/
Nwangeri753/
Nwainyere7112/
Nwangere6334/
Mbanyire631/
Nvanjire631/
Mbanyere50116/
Mvangeri501/
Mbanjire501/
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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 Nwanyiri
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