Nwaomah Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Nwaomah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwaomah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Nwaomah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwaomah is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwaomah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,843,861st most frequent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Nwaomah is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Nwaomah live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Nwaomah is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria Nwaomah is primarily found in: Rivers, where 74 percent live and Ogun, where 18 percent live. Other than Nigeria Nwaomah occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent live and Jamaica, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaoma92414/
Nwaomai8611/
Nwoamah861/
Nwauoma861/
Nwoameah801/
Nwayioma801/
Nbaoma774/
Nwoama771/
Nwaomo771/
Mbaomah7117/
Nwayomo719/
Nwoeoma713/
Nwohama711/
Nwaomuo711/
Nwohamuoh633/
Mbaoma62634/
Nbouama571/
N'Bouama5322/
Nwouomeu531/
Nwohammuo504/
Nwauhamuo503/

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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 Nwaomah
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