Nwasu Surname

1,248,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwasu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwasu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1811:978,68941,594
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nwasu (20) may also be a first name.

Nwasu Last Name Facts

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

Nwasu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nwasu.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwasu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,248,410th most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 39,392,140 people. The surname Nwasu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwasu are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwasu is also the 2,446,817th most frequent given name internationally, held by 20 people.

The last name Nwasu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 978,689. In Nigeria Nwasu is mostly found in: Abia, where 17 percent live, Enugu, where 16 percent live and Ebonyi, where 14 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Nwasu is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Nwasu Last Name Statistics demography

Nwasu earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.34% more than the national average, earning $54,083 USD per year.

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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 Nwasu
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