Nwikwu Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Nwikwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 112 | 1:1,581,632 | 59,341 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Nwikwu (26) may also be a first name.
Nwikwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwikwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwikwu occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwikwu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,701,480th most common surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. Nwikwu is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwikwu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 26 people.
The last name Nwikwu is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 1,581,632. In Nigeria Nwikwu is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 39 percent live, Lagos, where 31 percent live and Abia, where 7 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent live and Finland, where 1 percent live.
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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 Nwikwu
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