Nwogwugwu Surname

114,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,038 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwogwugwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwogwugwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,9421:44,9373,504
United States481:7,551,228341,161
England251:2,228,72284,230
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Nwogwugwu (51) may also be a first name.

Nwogwugwu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwogwugwu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwogwugwu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 114,477th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,804,741 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwogwugwu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently used forename internationally. It is borne by 51 people.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3,942 people, or 1 in 44,937. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Abia, where 50 percent reside, Imo, where 16 percent reside and Rivers, where 6 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Nwogwugwu is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Nwogwugwu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Nwogwugwu surname is principally Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Nwogwugwu last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Nwogwugwu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 112.27% more than the national average, earning R 504,432 per year; in United States they earn 16.31% more than the national average, earning $50,188 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.26% more than the national average, earning $68,195 CAD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Nwogwugwu
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