Nwous Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Nwous Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwous Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwous Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwous occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwous? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Nwous occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Nwous live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Nwous is primarily found in: Lagos, where 27 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 23 percent live and Rivers, where 23 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwos | 89 | 169 | / |
| Nwose | 80 | 7,558 | / |
| Nwuse | 80 | 19 | / |
| Nwuos | 80 | 5 | / |
| Nwosh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nwoss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwoes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwaus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwods | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nouhas | 73 | 345 | / |
| Nwoshe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nwotsh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwotse | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwoods | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuaous | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nouhos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwosse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwuose | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuas | 67 | 916 | / |
| Nuos | 67 | 203 | / |
| Nwas | 67 | 44 | / |
| Nouhass | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nvos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwoisse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nbus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwauest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuhouse | 67 | 0 | / |
| Nouhaus | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Nwous
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