Nwodu Surname

309,548th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwodu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwodu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1941:148,3619,421
England141:3,979,861125,553
United States71:51,779,848968,877
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Nwodu (58) may also be a first name.

Nwodu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwodu occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwodu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 309,548th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,983,207 people. The last name Nwodu is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwodu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 58 people.

The last name Nwodu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,194 people, or 1 in 148,361. In Nigeria Nwodu is most common in: Ebonyi, where 20 percent are found, Abia, where 19 percent are found and Rivers, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Nwodu Last Name Statistics demography

Nwodu earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 61.72% more than the national average, earning $69,781 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwodou911/
Nwedu801,913/
Nwadu80456/
Nwudu80302/
Nbodu801/
Nuodu801/
Nwaedu7372/
Nwaudu7369/
Nwadgu735/
Nwodoo734/
Nnwadu733/
Nwuadu732/
Nwaduh731/
Nnwedu731/
Nwadhu731/
Nwodooh671/
N'Bodou671/
Nboudou671/

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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 Nwodu
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