Nwayor Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Nwayor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 90 | 1:1,968,253 | 69,534 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Nwayor (87) may also be a first name.
Nwayor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwayor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwayor is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nwayor click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwayor? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,795,579th most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Nwayor live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 87 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 1,968,253. In Nigeria Nwayor is mostly found in: Delta, where 48 percent are found, Lagos, where 20 percent are found and Rivers, where 12 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Nwayor exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 12 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaor | 91 | 18 | / |
| Nwiyor | 83 | 61 | / |
| Nwaore | 83 | 40 | / |
| Nwaorh | 83 | 6 | / |
| Nwahor | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nwauor | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nweyor | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nbayor | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nwajor | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nwuaor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaoer | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaeor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwajuor | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwayere | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nnwaore | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nweor | 73 | 8 | / |
| Nwair | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nwoyr | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nwior | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nwour | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwaur | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwoir | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwiar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwear | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwaire | 67 | 145 | / |
| Nwoire | 67 | 67 | / |
| Nwujor | 67 | 17 | / |
| Nwajer | 67 | 12 | / |
| Nuahor | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwiore | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nwiare | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwoyer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwaure | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwoyre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbayor | 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
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- 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 Nwayor
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