Nwiko Surname

1,248,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Nwiko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nwiko Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1821:973,31241,407
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nwiko Last Name Facts

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

Nwiko occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Nwiko click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwiko? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,248,410th most numerous last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwiko live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 182 people, or 1 in 973,312. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 55 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 26 percent live and Bayelsa, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Iceland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwikoh919/
Nwaiko915/
Nwikoo913/
Nwaikoi8310/
Nweikeo831/
Nwuko801,078/
Nwika80195/
Nweko8038/
Nbiko806/
Nwico801/
Nuiko801/
Nwaika7310/
Nwekoy737/
Nwikah733/
Nweako733/
Nhweko731/
Nwekou731/
Nwekoh731/
N'Wekou671/
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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 Nwiko
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