Nwubi Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwubi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwubi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Nwubi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwubi is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwubi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,882,373rd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwubi 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 held by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria Nwubi is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 76 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 20 percent are found and Enugu, where 4 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nwaubio831/
Nwubuip831/
Nwobi803,317/
Nwuba80777/
Nwube80768/
Nwibi8018/
Nbubi802/
Nvubi801/
Nwauba73427/
Nwobie7340/
Nwaube7324/
Nwubeh739/
Nwibie737/
Nnwobi734/
Nwobai734/
Nwiboi732/
Nwobii731/
Nnwuba731/
Nwouba731/
Nweube731/
Nbuubi731/
Nweuba731/
Nwobei731/
Nwoobi731/
Nwoube731/
Nwaubuije713/
Nwaubet671/
Nwaubeh671/

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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 Nwubi
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