Nwaokorie Surname

504,985th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 650 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwaokorie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwaokorie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6221:284,79516,051
United States131:27,881,456736,413
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
England31:18,572,686338,250
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

Nwaokorie (19) may also be a first name.

Nwaokorie Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwaokorie is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nwaokorie click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwaokorie? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 504,985th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 11,211,609 people. Nwaokorie is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Nwaokorie reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 19 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 622 people, or 1 in 284,795. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 28 percent reside, Lagos, where 21 percent reside and Rivers, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Nwaokorie Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Nwaokorie last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75% registered with the political party.

Nwaokorie earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 28% more than the national average, earning $55,229 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaaokorie951/
Nwaookorie951/
Nwaokore9413/
Nwaokori945/
Nwajiokorie901/
Nwaokerie8923/
Nwaokorio897/
Nwoakorie895/
Nwaokoroi893/
Nwaokoire892/
Nwaokorei891/
Nwaokora8217/
Nwaokere824/
Nwaokoira781/

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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
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  • 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 Nwaokorie
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