Nwoku Surname
Approximately 821 people bear this surname
Nwoku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 816 | 1:217,087 | 12,866 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
Nwoku (42) may also be a first name.
Nwoku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwoku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwoku is found most in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwoku? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 422,155th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,876,426 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwoku are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 42 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 816 people, or 1 in 217,087. In Nigeria Nwoku is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 48 percent reside, Abia, where 12 percent reside and Benue, where 10 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nnwoku | 91 | 5 | / |
| Nwokus | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nwozku | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwokuu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwokeu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwuoku | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwouku | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwokup | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwokou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwokohu | 83 | 49 | / |
| Nwokuha | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nnwooku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaku | 80 | 494 | / |
| Nweku | 80 | 114 | / |
| Nwuku | 80 | 46 | / |
| Nwauku | 73 | 58 | / |
| Nwaeku | 73 | 8 | / |
| Nwakau | 73 | 8 | / |
| Nnwaku | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwakeu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nweqou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwokoe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwadku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwekou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nhwaku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwakup | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwakhu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwoscu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwazku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwakohu | 67 | 98 | / |
| Nwachku | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nwackhu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwocheu | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Wekou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwakuch | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nwoku
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