Nwobo Surname
Approximately 374 people bear this surname
Nwobo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 372 | 1:476,190 | 23,978 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
Nwobo (24) may also be a first name.
Nwobo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwobo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwobo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nwobo.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwobo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 763,307th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 19,485,417 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwobo are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 24 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 372 people, or 1 in 476,190. In Nigeria Nwobo is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 43 percent reside, Rivers, where 17 percent reside and Enugu, where 12 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 0 percent reside and The Gambia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwobod | 91 | 28 | / |
| Nwoibo | 91 | 5 | / |
| Nwojbo | 91 | 3 | / |
| Nwobgo | 91 | 3 | / |
| Nwoebo | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nwoboo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwoubo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwoboh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwobos | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwobood | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwoba | 80 | 13,812 | / |
| Nwebo | 80 | 517 | / |
| Nwabo | 80 | 376 | / |
| Nwubo | 80 | 56 | / |
| Nbobo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwaebo | 73 | 533 | / |
| Nwaboh | 73 | 231 | / |
| Nweboh | 73 | 62 | / |
| Nwaboi | 73 | 19 | / |
| Nwobah | 73 | 16 | / |
| Nwobas | 73 | 11 | / |
| Nwouvo | 73 | 11 | / |
| Nwuoba | 73 | 9 | / |
| Nwaboy | 73 | 8 | / |
| Nwovou | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nwaubo | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nwoiba | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwaboo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwobga | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwovuo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwuibo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nnwebo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwouba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwebou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwabop | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwaboa | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Wabo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuobos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nweboy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwonpo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nnwoba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwaeboh | 67 | 83 | / |
| Nwautbo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nwabgoo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwaeboo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwobach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwehbou | 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 Nwobo
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