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 last name Nwaorisa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwaorisa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,028,911th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwaorisa are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 18 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 240 people, or 1 in 738,095. In Nigeria Nwaorisa is most numerous in: Abia, where 49 percent live, Lagos, where 20 percent live and Rivers, where 17 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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