Nwaora Surname
Approximately 334 people bear this surname
Nwaora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 328 | 1:540,069 | 26,457 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Nwaora (76) may also be a first name.
Nwaora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwaora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwaora is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwaora? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nwaora is the 828,895th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 21,819,000 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwaora live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,107,702nd most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 76 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 328 people, or 1 in 540,069. In Nigeria Nwaora is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 22 percent live, Abia, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 14 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaorah | 92 | 216 | / |
| Nwajiora | 86 | 12 | / |
| Nwaori | 83 | 96 | / |
| Nwaore | 83 | 40 | / |
| Nwaoro | 83 | 12 | / |
| Nwoara | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nwaorie | 77 | 1,001 | / |
| Nwaorgo | 77 | 9 | / |
| Nwaorge | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nwaorei | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nwaohri | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nwaoruo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nwaorij | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwaoris | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwoarah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwaorgi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwaeara | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwahori | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwaoyri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwaorio | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwaojri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nnwaore | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwauhara | 71 | 18 | / |
| Nnwaorie | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nwahorie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwaioruo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwauhura | 71 | 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
- 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 Nwaora
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