Nwoa Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Nwoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
Nwoa (12) may also be a first name.
Nwoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwoa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nwoa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwoa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,635,433rd most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname Nwoa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwoa reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwoa is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring forename worldwide, borne by 12 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 3,936,506. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 91 percent reside, Abia, where 7 percent reside and Enugu, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Nwoa
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