Nwofia Surname

392,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 901 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwofia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwofia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8891:199,26111,957
United States111:32,950,812797,015
England11:55,718,059489,080

Nwofia (60) may also be a first name.

Nwofia Last Name Facts

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

Nwofia is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwofia? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 392,486th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 8,088,286 people. The surname Nwofia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwofia are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most commonly held first name internationally, held by 60 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 889 people, or 1 in 199,261. In Nigeria Nwofia is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 57 percent are found, Lagos, where 13 percent are found and Enugu, where 9 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Nwofia is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Nwofia Last Name Statistics demography

Nwofia earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwoffia92124/
Nwhofia921/
Nwoffiah8637/
Nwefia83830/
Nwafia83345/
Nwofio833/
Nwaffia7714/
Nweffia778/
Nwefiha774/
Nwophia774/
Nnwefia771/
Nwafiah771/
Nwafhia771/
Nwaefia771/
Nwafio67212/
Nuafia672/
Nwefio671/
Nwazfyaz573/
Mbafia503/
Mbofio501/

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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 Nwofia
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