Nwaorie Surname

361,434th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,001 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwaorie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwaorie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9881:179,29411,033
United States111:32,950,812797,015
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Nwaorie (232) may also be a first name.

Nwaorie Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwaorie is most common in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwaorie? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nwaorie is the 361,434th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,280,266 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwaorie live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwaorie is also the 588,797th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 232 people.

The surname Nwaorie is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 988 people, or 1 in 179,294. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 28 percent reside, Abia, where 15 percent reside and Enugu, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Nwaorie Last Name Statistics demography

Nwaorie earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.91% less than the national average, earning $31,969 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nnwaorie934/
Nwahorie931/
Nwaori9296/
Nwaore9240/
Nwaorji86285/
Nwoarie8611/
Nwaorei865/
Nwaorge865/
Nwaohri863/
Nwaorgi862/
Nwaoris862/
Nwaorij862/
Nwahori861/
Nnwaore861/
Nwaoyri861/
Nwaojri861/
Nwaorio861/
Nuaorie861/
Nwaoriji804/
Nwaorjih801/
Nwaora77334/
Nwahuri711/
Nwajiora6712/
Nwaoryha671/
Nwoara624/
Mbaorji5765/
Nuaurai5724/
Mbahore573/
Nwauhura531/

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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 Nwaorie
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