Nwobi Surname

135,501st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,317 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwobi Surname User-submission:

The Nwobi surname means 'child of a king'.

Nwobi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,1851:55,6184,211
United States681:5,330,278267,385
England231:2,422,52489,093
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349

Nwobi (97) may also be a first name.

Nwobi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Nwobi surname means 'child of a king'.

- fnwobi

Nwobi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwobi is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwobi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 135,501st most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,197,029 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nwobi live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 962,660th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 97 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,185 people, or 1 in 55,618. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 18 percent live, Enugu, where 15 percent live and Rivers, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Nwobi occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Nwobi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nwobi surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.

The amount Nwobi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 47.52% less than the national average, earning R 124,716 per year and in United States they earn 26.9% more than the national average, earning $54,755 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nwobi
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