Nwiya Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Nwiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 93 | 1:1,904,761 | 67,919 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nwiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwiya has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nwiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwiya? popularity and diffusion
Nwiya is the 1,882,912th most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The surname Nwiya is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwiya are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 1,904,761. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 57 percent live, Rivers, where 20 percent live and Ebonyi, where 12 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwiyah | 91 | 3 | / |
| Nwuiyae | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaya | 80 | 162 | / |
| Nwija | 80 | 158 | / |
| Nwoya | 80 | 111 | / |
| Nwuya | 80 | 104 | / |
| Nweya | 80 | 52 | / |
| Nviya | 80 | 35 | / |
| Nuiya | 80 | 31 | / |
| Nwiyo | 80 | 28 | / |
| Nwiye | 80 | 12 | / |
| Nwaia | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nbiya | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nwoia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwijy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nhwaya | 73 | 135 | / |
| Nwohia | 73 | 125 | / |
| Nwaiyi | 73 | 82 | / |
| Nwahia | 73 | 56 | / |
| Nwiyee | 73 | 37 | / |
| Nweeia | 73 | 24 | / |
| Nwaiyo | 73 | 21 | / |
| Nwuyah | 73 | 19 | / |
| Nwiyoh | 73 | 15 | / |
| Nwayah | 73 | 10 | / |
| Nviyah | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nweeya | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwijah | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwayaa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nhuiya | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nweyah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwauya | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwoiad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nweiyi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwoaia | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Waya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwiyeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwoyah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nway | 67 | 202 | / |
| Nwai | 67 | 189 | / |
| Nh'waya | 67 | 156 | / |
| Nwoa | 67 | 54 | / |
| Nwoi | 67 | 48 | / |
| Nwea | 67 | 37 | / |
| Nwaa | 67 | 31 | / |
| Nwaj | 67 | 30 | / |
| Nwau | 67 | 26 | / |
| Nwei | 67 | 23 | / |
| Nwoy | 67 | 17 | / |
| Nwye | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nuijaya | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nwui | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nwey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwuiyoh | 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 Nwiya
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