Nwite Surname
Approximately 18,812 people bear this surname
Nwite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18,801 | 1:9,422 | 1,034 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwite (1,820) may also be a first name.
Nwite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwite Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwite is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwite? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 28,561st most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 387,388 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwite reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwite is also the 178,925th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 1,820 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 18,801 people, or 1 in 9,422. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 80 percent live, Benue, where 5 percent live and Enugu, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Nwite is found in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and Azerbaijan, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaite | 91 | 508 | / |
| Nwitte | 91 | 112 | / |
| Nwiteh | 91 | 21 | / |
| Nweite | 91 | 20 | / |
| Nwites | 91 | 9 | / |
| Nnwite | 91 | 9 | / |
| Nwitee | 91 | 8 | / |
| Nwwite | 91 | 7 | / |
| Nwitie | 91 | 6 | / |
| Nwiter | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nwiete | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nwuite | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwitei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwitesh | 83 | 9 | / |
| Nwaitte | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nweithe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaitea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwete | 80 | 202 | / |
| Nwate | 80 | 146 | / |
| Nuite | 80 | 127 | / |
| Nwita | 80 | 113 | / |
| Nwiti | 80 | 30 | / |
| Nwute | 80 | 8 | / |
| Nwiet | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nweit | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nbite | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nuiter | 73 | 74 | / |
| Nvaite | 73 | 34 | / |
| N'Wete | 73 | 27 | / |
| Nwaate | 73 | 11 | / |
| Nweith | 73 | 10 | / |
| Nwetie | 73 | 8 | / |
| Nweita | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nweiti | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwitaa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwette | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwuita | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwaita | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nuiste | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nbithe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwieta | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Witi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwihta | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nnwate | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwatte | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwaiti | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwieth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwatei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuhite | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuitter | 67 | 65 | / |
| Nuithet | 67 | 50 | / |
| Nuit | 67 | 41 | / |
| Nwet | 67 | 37 | / |
| Nwietih | 67 | 17 | / |
| Nwoette | 67 | 17 | / |
| Nwed | 67 | 14 | / |
| Nuithes | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwaatee | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwouete | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwjt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwittaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nbit | 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 Nwite
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