Nwisi Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Nwisi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nwisi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwisi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwisi is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwisi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,661,929th most common last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Nwisi live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 3,768,995. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 62 percent live, Rivers, where 28 percent live and Abia, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwishi | 91 | 66 | / |
| Nwaisi | 91 | 26 | / |
| Nweisi | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nwoisi | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwisai | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwaishi | 83 | 17 | / |
| Nwisiuy | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwizi | 80 | 2,000 | / |
| Nuisi | 80 | 71 | / |
| Nwise | 80 | 31 | / |
| Nwesi | 80 | 21 | / |
| Nwisa | 80 | 21 | / |
| Nwiji | 80 | 17 | / |
| Nwusi | 80 | 6 | / |
| Nbisi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nwigi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nwieshih | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwichi | 73 | 406 | / |
| Nwaiji | 73 | 336 | / |
| Nwaise | 73 | 266 | / |
| Nwizzi | 73 | 178 | / |
| Nuisai | 73 | 64 | / |
| Nuisit | 73 | 36 | / |
| Nweiji | 73 | 28 | / |
| Nwaizi | 73 | 21 | / |
| Nwisha | 73 | 21 | / |
| Nuhisi | 73 | 11 | / |
| Nweizi | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nwigia | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nwaisa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nwishy | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwiesa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwoiji | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwessi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nweigi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nnwesi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuissi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwuizi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwisea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwiseh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwijii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nbeisi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwaichi | 67 | 313 | / |
| N'Weiji | 67 | 16 | / |
| N'Wessi | 67 | 16 | / |
| Nwaizzi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nwaiser | 67 | 12 | / |
| Nwesiph | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nnbuisi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwoichi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nweishy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwoisse | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Bissi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nweichi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwahiji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwiezoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nweisse | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Weigi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nweijei | 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 Nwisi
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