Nwonbu Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Nwonbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwonbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Nwonbu Last Name Facts

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

Nwonbu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwonbu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwonbu reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Nwonbu is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 75 percent live, Ebonyi, where 13 percent live and Nasarawa, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Liberia, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwonwu83332/
Nwanbu8370/
Nwombu8318/
Nwonvu8315/
Nwunbu836/
Nwonnwu773/
Nwanmbu772/
Nwannbu771/
Nwanbut771/
Nwahanbu711/
Nwambu67985/
Nuanbu67141/
Nwanwu67125/
Nwanvu6719/
Nwumbu671/
Nwunvu671/
Nwanbouyi671/

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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 Nwonbu
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