Nwaza Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Nwaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 102 | 1:1,736,694 | 63,540 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nwaza (16) may also be a first name.
Nwaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwaza is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwaza? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,795,579th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. Nwaza is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwaza are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 16 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 1,736,694. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 62 percent live, Benue, where 17 percent live and Cross River, where 11 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 1 percent live and Pakistan, where 1 percent live.
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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 Nwaza
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