Nwu Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Nwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Nwu (14) may also be a first name.
Nwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,116,508th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Nwu live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwu is also the 3,024,661st most common forename on earth It is held by 14 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Nwu is most frequent in: Benue, where 25 percent live, Ebonyi, where 25 percent live and Abia, where 19 percent live. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 13 percent live and Cameroon, where 9 percent live.
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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 Nwu
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