Nwisu Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwisu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwisu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1211:1,463,99056,236
United States91:40,273,215872,126

Nwisu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwisu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nwisu.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwisu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nwisu is the 1,573,888th most widespread surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Nwisu are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 1,463,990. In Nigeria Nwisu is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 27 percent reside, Rivers, where 18 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Nwisu Last Name Statistics demography

Nwisu earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.97% more than the national average, earning $44,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nwizu803,476/
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Nwiju801/
Nwaizu73634/
Nuisud7316/
Nwuizu736/
Nwoizu732/
Nuisut731/
Nwgizu731/
Nwusau731/
Nwichu731/
Nwizzu731/
Nwugiu731/
Nweizu731/
Nwizus731/
Nwesus731/
Nwizuu731/
Nwaiju731/
Nwizuha673/
Nwuichu671/
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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 Nwisu
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