Nwaokwa Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Nwaokwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
Nwaokwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwaokwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwaokwa is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nwaokwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwaokwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,776,799th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name Nwaokwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Nwaokwa live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 4,025,972. In Nigeria Nwaokwa is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 25 percent live, Ebonyi, where 20 percent live and Kano, where 20 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent live and Iceland, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaokwah | 93 | 19 | / |
| Nwaokwe | 86 | 58 | / |
| Nwaokwo | 86 | 46 | / |
| Nwaogwa | 86 | 23 | / |
| Nwoakwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwaonkwo | 80 | 8 | / |
| Nwaozkua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwaokgba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwaokwei | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwajiakwa | 75 | 5 | / |
| Nwaogwo | 71 | 22 | / |
| Nwoakwe | 71 | 6 | / |
| Nwaogwe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nwoakwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwaogua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwoankwo | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nwaogbaa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwaogwuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwohangwa | 63 | 6 | / |
| Nweijagwa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nwoagbo | 57 | 4 | / |
| Nwoagba | 57 | 2 | / |
| Nwaoguo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nwaogboh | 53 | 12 | / |
| Nwaaogbe | 53 | 3 | / |
| Nwaaogbo | 53 | 3 | / |
| Nwuaogbo | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Nwaokwa
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