Nwokorie Surname

137,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,249 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwokorie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwokorie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,0771:57,5704,334
United States1071:3,387,467192,132
England321:1,741,18971,393
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Nwokorie (63) may also be a first name.

Nwokorie Last Name Facts

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

Nwokorie is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwokorie? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 137,827th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,243,012 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Nwokorie reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 63 people.

The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,077 people, or 1 in 57,570. In Nigeria Nwokorie is most common in: Abia, where 27 percent are found, Rivers, where 16 percent are found and Lagos, where 16 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Nwokorie Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Nwokorie last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.56% registered with the political party.

Nwokorie earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.99% less than the national average, earning $42,290 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nnwokorie943/
Nwokoriet941/
Nwokoriea941/
Nwwokorie941/
Nwokori9346/
Nwokore9336/
Nwakorie8844/
Nwokoire8815/
Nwokerie8812/
Nwekorie8811/
Nwokores886/
Nwokorei884/
Nwokorio884/
Nwukorie882/
Nwokorji881/
Nwokoeri881/
Nwokora801,179/
Nwekori80518/
Nwokere8032/
Nwokeri807/
Nwekore804/
Nwakori802/
Nwokory801/
Nwokeure7517/
Nwaekori7511/
Nwekerie755/
Nwakoire753/
Nwakarie753/
Nwakerie751/
Nwaekerie715/
Nwakere6726/
Nwekere6718/
Nwokura674/
Nwekeri674/
Mbokori673/
Nwokara672/
Nwakare671/
Nwakora671/

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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 Nwokorie
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