Nwoka Surname

255,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,546 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwoka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwoka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,5071:117,5477,783
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539
United States131:27,881,456736,413
England101:5,571,806158,774
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Nwoka (208) may also be a first name.

Nwoka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwoka is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Nwoka click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwoka? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nwoka is the 255,243rd most frequent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,713,807 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwoka reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwoka is also the 627,410th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 208 people.

The last name Nwoka is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,507 people, or 1 in 117,547. In Nigeria Nwoka is most numerous in: Rivers, where 41 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 28 percent reside and Lagos, where 6 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Nwoka occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Nwoka Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nwoka last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% registered with the political party.

Nwoka earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.86% more than the national average, earning $53,014 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nwoke8019,248/
Nwoko8011,958/
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Nnuoka731/
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Nwokgi731/
N'Waka731/
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Nwokohu6749/
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Nwokoch6715/
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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 Nwoka
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