Nwazufu Surname
Approximately 1,185 people bear this surname
Nwazufu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,184 | 1:149,614 | 9,503 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwazufu (88) may also be a first name.
Nwazufu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwazufu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwazufu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwazufu? popularity and diffusion
Nwazufu is the 316,396th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 6,149,828 people. Nwazufu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwazufu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwazufu is also the 1,017,994th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 88 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,184 people, or 1 in 149,614. In Nigeria Nwazufu is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 93 percent live, Lagos, where 2 percent live and Cross River, where 1 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 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 Nwazufu
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