Nwaokoye Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Nwaokoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 255 | 1:694,677 | 32,109 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Nwaokoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwaokoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwaokoye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nwaokoye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwaokoye? popularity and diffusion
Nwaokoye is the 996,001st most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. Nwaokoye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwaokoye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Nwaokoye is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 255 people, or 1 in 694,677. In Nigeria Nwaokoye is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 29 percent reside, Abia, where 13 percent reside and Enugu, where 11 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nwaokoye
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