Nwashili Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwashili Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwashili Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria921:1,925,46568,462
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nwashili Last Name Facts

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

Nwashili is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwashili? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nwashili is the 1,918,812th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwashili reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 1,925,465. In Nigeria Nwashili is most common in: Enugu, where 48 percent live, Lagos, where 24 percent live and Sokoto, where 8 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Nwashili occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwashilli942/
Nweshili885/
Nwachili884/
Nwaxhili881/
Nwashiole8220/
Nwacheli75180/
Nwachile752/
Mbashili751/
Mbasili675/
Nwasele671/
Mbashile6377/
Nwoselia631/
Nbasaile631/
Mbassili631/
Mbaseli537/
Nwazele531/
Mbazili531/
Mbasaile506/
Mbossili502/

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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 Nwashili
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