Nwaocha Surname

461,133rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 732 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwaocha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwaocha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7221:245,35014,198
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nwaocha (1,504) may also be a first name.

Nwaocha Last Name Facts

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

Nwaocha is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwaocha? popularity and diffusion

It is the 461,133rd most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,955,664 people. The last name Nwaocha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwaocha reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwaocha is also the 200,416th most widely held first name globally It is held by 1,504 people.

The surname Nwaocha is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 722 people, or 1 in 245,350. In Nigeria Nwaocha is most common in: Abia, where 35 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 11 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Nwaocha occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.

Nwaocha Last Name Statistics demography

Nwaocha earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 89.77% more than the national average, earning R 450,972 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaochga931/
Nwaoocha931/
Nwayiocha882/
Nwaochi8633/
Nwaocho868/
Nwaoche864/
Nwoacha863/
Nwaosha862/
Nwaochei80259/
Nwaoshai8046/
Nwaochie8028/
Nwaocher802/
Nwaosa77248/
Nwaoza7726/
Nwohuocha754/
Mbaocha711,341/
Nwohage7157/
Nwaosah7136/
Nwaojih714/
Nwaotsa714/
Nwaozoh712/
Nwaozah711/
Nwaojai711/
Nwoachi711/
Nwaojeah6716/
Nwohachi671/

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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 Nwaocha
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