Nwoye Surname
Approximately 54,090 people bear this surname
Nwoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 53,820 | 1:3,291 | 448 |
| United States | 94 | 1:3,855,946 | 211,262 |
| England | 69 | 1:807,508 | 43,459 |
| South Africa | 34 | 1:1,593,462 | 80,086 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
Nwoye (726) may also be a first name.
Nwoye Demographics
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Nwoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwoye is found most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwoye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,415th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 134,730 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwoye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwoye is also the 306,159th most commonly used given name globally, borne by 726 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 53,820 people, or 1 in 3,291. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Anambra, where 63 percent live, Enugu, where 11 percent live and Lagos, where 4 percent live. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Nwoye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Nwoye surname is chiefly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Nwoye surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Nwoye earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 14.27% less than the national average, earning R 203,736 per year and in United States they earn 48.65% more than the national average, earning $64,140 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwoyie | 91 | 10 | / |
| Nwoyoe | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nwoiye | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nnwoye | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwgoye | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwoyeh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwuoye | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwyoye | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwoy | 89 | 17 | / |
| Nwye | 89 | 7 | / |
| Nweye | 80 | 249 | / |
| Nwoje | 80 | 138 | / |
| Nwoyi | 80 | 127 | / |
| Nwoya | 80 | 111 | / |
| Nwaye | 80 | 46 | / |
| Nwoyo | 80 | 37 | / |
| Nwiye | 80 | 12 | / |
| Nwowe | 80 | 12 | / |
| Nwoie | 80 | 6 | / |
| Nboye | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nwoee | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nwuoy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwohy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwoyp | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwoyieyi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwiyee | 73 | 37 | / |
| N'Waye | 73 | 27 | / |
| Nwaiye | 73 | 23 | / |
| Nwojeh | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nwojie | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwoyoa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Noueye | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwojoe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwowyo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwojei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwayeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwueye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwoweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwgoee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwowie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwiyeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwohwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwoyah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nbuoye | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Boye | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Weye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nway | 67 | 202 | / |
| Nwoa | 67 | 54 | / |
| Nwoi | 67 | 48 | / |
| Nwea | 67 | 37 | / |
| Nwei | 67 | 23 | / |
| Nboy | 67 | 22 | / |
| Nwou | 67 | 17 | / |
| Nuoy | 67 | 12 | / |
| Nwey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nvye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwuiyae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nweu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwojije | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnuoyed | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nwoye
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