Nwonu Surname

49,343rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,428 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwonu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwonu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria10,4151:17,0081,628
England51:11,143,612252,590
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Nwonu (933) may also be a first name.

Nwonu Last Name Facts

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

Nwonu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwonu? popularity and diffusion

Nwonu is the 49,343rd most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 698,844 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwonu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwonu is also the 264,724th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 933 people.

This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10,415 people, or 1 in 17,008. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 72 percent are found, Enugu, where 8 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwuonu9111/
Nwonnu915/
Nwoonu914/
Nwonui914/
Nnwonu913/
Nwounu912/
Nwonuh911/
Nwohnu911/
Nwongou831/
Nwanu80508/
Nwenu80481/
Nbonu8099/
Nwunu8029/
Nwaunu738/
Nwaanu736/
Nwanhu735/
Nwaenu734/
Nwanou734/
Nwannu733/
Nbuonu733/
Nwanui731/
Nwuneu731/
Nwatnu731/
Nwanau731/
Nbonou731/
Nwunnu731/
Nuongu731/
Nwagnu731/
Nmbonu731/
N'Wenou6738/
Nwanguh6718/
Nbounou679/
Nwuangu671/
Nwanuua671/
Nnwangu671/

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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 Nwonu
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