Nwolo Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1371:1,293,01351,317
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nwolo (17) may also be a first name.

Nwolo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwolo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwolo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,511,557th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. Nwolo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwolo are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held forename internationally. It is borne by 17 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 1,293,013. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 67 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 15 percent are found and Abia, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwollo911/
Nwoelo911/
Nwoloh911/
Nwoloo911/
Nwuolo911/
Nwalo80651/
Nwola80153/
Nwulo8058/
Nvolo8023/
Nwelo808/
Nbolo802/
Nuolo801/
Nwaelo7349/
Nwaulo7341/
Nwaloh7325/
Nuolio7310/
Nuholo738/
Nwuola736/
Nwolah736/
N'Bolo735/
Nwaloz734/
Nhwelo732/
Nuollo732/
Nwaloi731/
Nvolio731/
Nwalos731/
Nwaalo731/
Nwallo731/
Nboloi731/
N'Wola731/
Nwoula731/
Nweloh731/
Nwwola731/
Nbohlio675/
Nwauloa671/
Nwuslou671/

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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 Nwolo
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