Nwasokwa Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwasokwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwasokwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England11:55,718,059489,080

Nwasokwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwasokwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwasokwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nwasokwa is the 3,373,373rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Nwasokwa reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Nwasokwa is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 70 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 19 percent are found and Enugu, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and England, where 3 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
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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 Nwasokwa
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