Nwuche Surname

463,189th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 728 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwuche Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwuche Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7101:249,49714,434
England131:4,286,005132,302
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nwuche (73) may also be a first name.

Nwuche Last Name Facts

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

Nwuche is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nwuche click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwuche? popularity and diffusion

It is the 463,189th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,010,365 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwuche live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequently held forename at a global level It is held by 73 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 710 people, or 1 in 249,497. In Nigeria Nwuche is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 63 percent live, Plateau, where 12 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Ireland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwauche9295/
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Nwuce914/
Nwoche83116/
Nwiche8374/
Nwuchi838/
Nwucha835/
Nwochei7750/
Nwushie7730/
Nwaucha7716/
Nwochie7710/
Nnwoche773/
Nwouchi771/
Nvouche771/
Nwochee771/
Nwuke73809/
Nwuze73195/
Nwuse7319/
Nwuge7312/
Nwoch732/
Nwhushie7144/
Nwgauchi713/
Nwuchoha711/
Nwaukehe711/
Nwocha67862/
Mbuche67835/
Nwochi67762/
Nwichi67406/
Nwauke67115/
Nwudze6746/
Mvuche6723/
Nwushi6720/
Nwoshe677/
Nwauze677/
Nwauge673/
Nwudke673/
Nwuzeh672/
Nwauje672/
Nwouke672/
Nbuchi671/
Nwuzee671/
Nwouze671/
Nweuze671/
Nwuzie671/
Nwugeh671/
Nwugih671/
Nwujih671/
Nwuseh671/

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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 Nwuche
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