Nwo Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Nwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwo (12) may also be a first name.
Nwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,746,821st most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Nwo live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 12 people.
The last name Nwo is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria Nwo is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 49 percent are found, Enugu, where 26 percent are found and Rivers, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 10 percent are found and Cameroon, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwos | 86 | 169 | / |
| Nwoa | 86 | 54 | / |
| Nwoi | 86 | 48 | / |
| Nwuo | 86 | 43 | / |
| Nwgo | 86 | 26 | / |
| Nwoo | 86 | 22 | / |
| Nwoh | 86 | 19 | / |
| Nwoy | 86 | 17 | / |
| Nwou | 86 | 17 | / |
| Hnwo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nhwo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nnwo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwohu | 75 | 351 | / |
| Nwuos | 75 | 5 | / |
| Nwuho | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nwuoh | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nwood | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nwoch | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nwhoa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwoyp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwoss | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwooh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwo'a | 75 | 1 | / |
| N'Woh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nnwou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwhuo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwods | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwhou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwohy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwuoy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nvo | 67 | 6,096 | / |
| Nwa | 67 | 1,758 | / |
| Nuo | 67 | 475 | / |
| Nbo | 67 | 72 | / |
| Nwuoha | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nwhoha | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwotsh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nwaowa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwoaia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwohha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwooha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwoods | 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 Nwo
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