Nwawuru Surname

950,707th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 275 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwawuru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nwawuru Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2731:648,87530,450
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

Nwawuru (17) may also be a first name.

Nwawuru Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwawuru occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwawuru? popularity and diffusion

Nwawuru is the 950,707th most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 26,500,167 people. The last name Nwawuru occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwawuru live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 17 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 648,875. In Nigeria Nwawuru is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 38 percent live, Lagos, where 34 percent live and Delta, where 12 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent live and Slovakia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaewuru931/
Nwewuru8612/
Nwaworu869/
Nwowuru861/
Nwauburu8011/
Nwaiburu801/
Nwaevuru801/
Nwoburu7123/
Nwoworu711/
Nwovuru711/

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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 Nwawuru
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