Nwauku Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Nwauku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Nwauku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwauku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwauku is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwauku? popularity and diffusion
Nwauku is the 2,530,696th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. Nwauku is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwauku reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Nwauku is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 3,107,768. In Nigeria Nwauku is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 51 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 21 percent reside and Ondo, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Ireland, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwajuku | 92 | 2 | / |
| Nwaku | 91 | 494 | / |
| Nwuku | 91 | 46 | / |
| Nwaiku | 83 | 723 | / |
| Nnwaku | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nwazku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nweaku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwouku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwakup | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nhwaku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwadku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwachku | 77 | 8 | / |
| Nwajiku | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nwajaku | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nwakuch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwoku | 73 | 821 | / |
| Nuaku | 73 | 92 | / |
| Nvuku | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nvaku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwajiaku | 71 | 985 | / |
| Nwajieku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwouekeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwaajoku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwajioku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwayioku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwakau | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nnwoku | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwakeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwaqgu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuakku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuakui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwakhu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwokuu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nwauku
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