Nwowo Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwowo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwowo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria481:3,690,474107,175
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607

Nwowo Last Name Facts

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

Nwowo occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Nwowo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwowo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,776,799th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwowo reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Nwowo is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 3,690,474. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 50 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 31 percent live and Abia, where 8 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Nwowo is found in one country. It is also found in Haiti, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nwouwo911/
Nwuowuo831/
Nwowoha831/
Nwewo80405/
Nwawo80224/
Nwovo8056/
Nwowa8014/
Nuowo801/
Nwaewo7317/
Nuewoo7316/
Nwouvo7311/
Nwovou737/
Nwawoh735/
Nwaboo734/
Nwovuo734/
Nwwawo733/
Nwojbo733/
Nwoubo731/
Nwoboo731/
Nnwawo731/
Nwoboh731/
Nwachwo674/
Nbauwoo674/
Nwaewoh671/

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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 Nwowo
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