Nwaorah Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwaorah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nwaorah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2131:831,65636,746
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Nwaorah (14) may also be a first name.

Nwaorah Last Name Facts

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

Nwaorah occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwaorah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nwaorah is the 1,121,821st most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 33,738,638 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwaorah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwaorah is also the 3,024,661st most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 14 people.

Nwaorah is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 213 people, or 1 in 831,656. In Nigeria Nwaorah is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 18 percent reside, Abia, where 16 percent reside and Lagos, where 15 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Nwaorah is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaora92334/
Nwoarah862/
Nwajiora8012/
Nwaoro7712/
Nwoara774/
Nwaorgo719/
Nwaorei715/
Nwaoruo713/
Nwaeara711/
Nwauhara6718/
Nwaioruo671/
Nwoyoro5751/
Mvaorga571/
Mbahora571/
Mvaaorga5319/
N'Wohoro531/
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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 Nwaorah
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