Nwokogba Surname

483,673rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 688 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwokogba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwokogba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6781:261,27314,990
United States101:36,245,893832,629

Nwokogba (10) may also be a first name.

Nwokogba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwokogba occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwokogba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 483,673rd most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 10,592,363 people. The last name Nwokogba is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwokogba reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwokogba is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name globally, borne by 10 people.

Nwokogba is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 678 people, or 1 in 261,273. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 90 percent live, Abia, where 4 percent live and Kogi, where 2 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwokogbau941/
Nwakogba8823/
Nwokegba8810/
Nwokogbe883/
Nwokugba881/
Nwokagba881/
Nwokogbo881/
Nwokangba821/
Nwokugbo755/
Nwakangba711/
Nwakagbo633/
Nwakagbuo5922/
Nwakagbou591/
Nwakaegbo591/

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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 Nwokogba
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