Nwishi Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Nwishi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwishi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwishi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwishi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwishi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,352,516th most widespread last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Nwishi occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwishi live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 2,725,273. In Nigeria Nwishi is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 74 percent reside, Rivers, where 17 percent reside and Lagos, where 5 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaishi | 92 | 17 | / |
| Nwisi | 91 | 53 | / |
| Nwieshih | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwichi | 83 | 406 | / |
| Nwaisi | 83 | 26 | / |
| Nwisha | 83 | 21 | / |
| Nwushi | 83 | 20 | / |
| Nweshi | 83 | 5 | / |
| Nwishy | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nweisi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nwiseh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwisai | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwoisi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaichi | 77 | 313 | / |
| Nwushie | 77 | 30 | / |
| Nwoichi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nweshie | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nweichi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nweishy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwgeshi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwisiuy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nuisi | 73 | 71 | / |
| Nwise | 73 | 31 | / |
| Nwisa | 73 | 21 | / |
| Nbisi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwhushie | 71 | 44 | / |
| Mbishi | 67 | 1,290 | / |
| Nwaise | 67 | 266 | / |
| Nweshy | 67 | 183 | / |
| Nwechi | 67 | 110 | / |
| Nwiche | 67 | 74 | / |
| Nuisai | 67 | 64 | / |
| Nuisit | 67 | 36 | / |
| Nwaizi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Nwesha | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nweshe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nuichi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Nuhisi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nweizi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nwaisa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwiesa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwisea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwuizi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nbeisi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mvishi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuissi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nweseh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nveshi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwuseh | 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
- 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 Nwishi
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