Nwedo Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nwedo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwedo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2111:839,53937,032
South Africa751:722,36951,132
United States131:27,881,456736,413
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Nwedo (10) may also be a first name.

Nwedo Last Name Facts

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

Nwedo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nwedo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwedo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nwedo is the 889,654th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Nwedo reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 10 people.

The last name Nwedo is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 211 people, or 1 in 839,539. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 33 percent are found, Enugu, where 16 percent are found and Kaduna, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Nwedo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Nwedo earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 3.71% less than the national average, earning R 228,816 per year and in United States they earn 13.61% less than the national average, earning $37,278 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaedo91174/
Nweado9123/
Nwuedo912/
Nwiedoo8310/
Nwodo8037,605/
Nweda80460/
Nwado80220/
Nwido8041/
Nuedo8013/
Nwodoh73558/
Nwidoh7329/
Nwaeda7327/
Nwidoo7325/
Nwoduo7312/
Nnwodo738/
Nwadoo737/
Nwodoo734/
Nwodoy733/
Nwaido732/
N'Weda731/
Nwwodo731/
N'Wado731/
Nwedah731/
Nwajjdo673/
Nwodooh671/
Nweedah671/
Nouhedo671/
Nouedop671/
Nwaedah671/

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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 Nwedo
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