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

The surname Nwedo has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwedo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nwedo is the 889,654th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 24,130,947 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Nwedo live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held forename globally, held by 10 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 211 people, or 1 in 839,539. In Nigeria Nwedo is most common in: Delta, where 33 percent are found, Enugu, where 16 percent are found and Kaduna, where 12 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Nwedo is found in 5 countries. It is also common 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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