Nwazo Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwazo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwazo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria391:4,542,122122,724
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nwazo (17) may also be a first name.

Nwazo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwazo occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwazo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,055,934th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Nwazo is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwazo live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwazo is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 17 people.

The last name Nwazo is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria Nwazo is most numerous in: Abia, where 62 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 23 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Nwazo
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