Nwatu Surname

46,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,031 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria10,9561:16,1691,565
United States271:13,424,405494,117
England171:3,277,533109,658
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Nwatu (256) may also be a first name.

Nwatu Last Name Facts

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

Nwatu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwatu? popularity and diffusion

Nwatu is the 46,967th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 660,642 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwatu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwatu is also the 556,659th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 256 people.

Nwatu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10,956 people, or 1 in 16,169. In Nigeria Nwatu is mostly found in: Enugu, where 73 percent reside, Lagos, where 5 percent reside and Abia, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Nwatu Last Name Statistics demography

Nwatu earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 84.82% more than the national average, earning $79,750 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 Nwatu
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