Nwasa Surname
Approximately 221 people bear this surname
Nwasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 218 | 1:812,581 | 36,138 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Nwasa (109) may also be a first name.
Nwasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwasa is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nwasa.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwasa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nwasa is the 1,104,724th most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. The surname Nwasa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwasa are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwasa is also the 900,062nd most widely held given name world-wide, held by 109 people.
The last name Nwasa is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 218 people, or 1 in 812,581. In Nigeria Nwasa is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 31 percent are found, Delta, where 24 percent are found and Rivers, where 8 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Nwasa
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