Nwenkwo Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwenkwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwenkwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Nwenkwo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwenkwo occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwenkwo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nwenkwo is the 3,882,373rd most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. Nwenkwo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwenkwo are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Nwenkwo is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ebonyi, where 71 percent live, Ogun, where 13 percent live and Edo, where 4 percent live. Besides Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nweankwo938/
Nwenkwoh931/
Nwnkwo92122/
Nwnkwoa862/
Nwnnkwo862/
Nwengwo861/
Nwinkwo861/
Nwengwa711/
Nwinkwa711/
Nwngwa623/
Nwngbo621/
Nwinkua5750/
Nwingbo577/
Mbenkwa573/
Nwengua572/
Mbengwo571/
Nwinkuah531/
Mbengwoh531/

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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 Nwenkwo
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