Nwolisah Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwolisah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwolisah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria471:3,768,995108,818
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Nwolisah Last Name Facts

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

Nwolisah is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwolisah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nwolisah is the 2,808,717th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwolisah are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 3,768,995. In Nigeria Nwolisah is most common in: Enugu, where 32 percent live, Lagos, where 15 percent live and Abia, where 13 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwolisa931,099/
Nwolesah882/
Nwollisa881/
Nwoloisa881/
Nwolesa803/
Nwolusa803/
Nwalisa801/
Nvolisa801/
Nwolicha7511/
Nwolezia751/
Mbolisa6729/
Nwalusa671/
Mbalisah631/
Mbolissa631/
Nwalicha631/
Nwolezea631/
Mbalisa5364/
Mbolesa534/
Mboliso532/
Mbulisa531/
Nwalezei504/
Mbalisha503/
Mbolesha501/

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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 Nwolisah
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