Nwaorisa Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwaorisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nwaorisa 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
Nigeria2401:738,09533,631
England41:13,929,515290,718
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Nwaorisa (18) may also be a first name.

Nwaorisa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwaorisa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwaorisa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nwaorisa is the 1,028,911th most prevalent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwaorisa live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 18 people.

The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 240 people, or 1 in 738,095. In Nigeria Nwaorisa is most frequent in: Abia, where 49 percent live, Lagos, where 20 percent live and Rivers, where 17 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.

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
Nwaorisah9441/
Nwaorisha947/
Nwaoriosa941/
Nwaorise8881/
Nwoarisa886/
Nwaorusa885/
Nwaorusha823/
Nwaoriseh822/
Nwaorize751/
Nwaorichi711/

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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 Nwaorisa
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