Nwokedi Surname

38,101st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,814 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwokedi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwokedi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria13,4981:13,1241,322
United States1471:2,465,707151,024
England1021:546,25533,762
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
China31:455,773,85521,925
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Nwokedi (397) may also be a first name.

Nwokedi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwokedi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwokedi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 38,101st most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 527,548 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwokedi are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 433,463rd most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 397 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 13,498 people, or 1 in 13,124. In Nigeria Nwokedi is most frequent in: Anambra, where 33 percent reside, Imo, where 24 percent reside and Enugu, where 8 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in 16 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Nwokedi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Nwokedi last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Nwokedi surname are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the party.

Nwokedi earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.28% more than the national average, earning $44,133 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nhwokedi935/
Nwokiedi933/
Nwokedai932/
Nnwokedi932/
Nwokoedi932/
Nwokedie931/
Nwokedis931/
Nwwokedi931/
Nwekedi8635/
Nwokodi8623/
Nwokede8616/
Nwakedi8613/
Nwukedi865/
Nuokedi864/
Nwokidi862/
Nwokeda861/
Nwokedy861/
Nwokoede801/
Nwokeide801/
Nwakodi719/
Nwekede719/
Nwekadi714/
Nwokide711/
Nwakidi711/
Nwekeude675/
Nwekeday672/
Nwaekodi671/
Mbokidi5721/
Nbakidi571/
Mbakedi571/
Nwaekeudeeh564/

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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 Nwokedi
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