Nwawolo Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwawolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwawolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1361:1,302,52051,596
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nwawolo Last Name Facts

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

Nwawolo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nwawolo.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwawolo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,511,557th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. Nwawolo is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwawolo live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Nwawolo is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 66 percent are found, Lagos, where 19 percent are found and Edo, where 7 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaewolo931/
Nwabolo8621/
Nwawala7113/
Nwobolo717/
Mbawolo712/
Nwowulo711/
Nwobalo711/
Nwobulo711/
Nwawalla671/
Nnwabuilo631/
Nwobala5712/
Nwavula579/
Nwabala576/
Mbabolo572/
Nwavela571/
Nbawula571/
Nvawala571/
Mbowolo571/
Nuevalo571/
Nwajbala535/
Nweewala534/
Nwabuluo533/
Nwajuala531/

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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 Nwawolo
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