Nwasi Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Nwasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 111 | 1:1,595,881 | 59,722 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nwasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwasi is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwasi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,398,030th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. The surname Nwasi is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwasi reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 1,595,881. In Nigeria Nwasi is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 24 percent live, Lagos, where 21 percent live and Cross River, where 14 percent live. Not including Nigeria Nwasi occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Nwasi
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