Nwaokeke Surname

552,088th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 578 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwaokeke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwaokeke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5731:309,15017,177
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Nwaokeke (13) may also be a first name.

Nwaokeke Last Name Facts

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

Nwaokeke is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwaokeke? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 552,088th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 12,608,211 people. Nwaokeke occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwaokeke reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 13 people.

The last name Nwaokeke is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 573 people, or 1 in 309,150. In Nigeria Nwaokeke is most prevalent in: Abia, where 28 percent are found, Lagos, where 17 percent are found and Delta, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaokeike944/
Nwaokekeh942/
Nwaaokeke941/
Nwaokike88948/
Nwoakeke881/
Nnwaokike823/
Nwaokoike821/
Nwaokeache781/
Nwaokika753/
Nwaokegh751/
Nwaokiki751/
Nwoakike6325/

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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 Nwaokeke
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