Nwika Surname
Approximately 195 people bear this surname
Nwika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 192 | 1:922,619 | 39,799 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwika (73) may also be a first name.
Nwika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwika Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwika is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwika? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,206,588th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwika reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwika is also the 1,134,117th most common first name internationally It is held by 73 people.
Nwika is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 192 people, or 1 in 922,619. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 79 percent are found, Delta, where 6 percent are found and Abia, where 4 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaika | 91 | 10 | / |
| Nwikah | 91 | 3 | / |
| Nwike | 80 | 2,030 | / |
| Nwuka | 80 | 469 | / |
| Nweka | 80 | 264 | / |
| Nwiko | 80 | 185 | / |
| Nvika | 80 | 79 | / |
| Nuika | 80 | 5 | / |
| Nwica | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwaike | 73 | 399 | / |
| Nuikka | 73 | 118 | / |
| Nwieke | 73 | 39 | / |
| Nwikep | 73 | 16 | / |
| Nweike | 73 | 10 | / |
| Nwikoh | 73 | 9 | / |
| Nwaiko | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nwaica | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwukah | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwikii | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwikoo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwikie | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nweaka | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwekea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwwuka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nnwuka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nweeka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwoike | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwikee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuikha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nbeika | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwaikoi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nuhaika | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nweiker | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nwaiske | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nweikeo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nwika
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