Nwufo Surname

619,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 496 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwufo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwufo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4661:380,13520,197
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
England51:11,143,612252,590
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Nwufo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwufo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwufo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 619,831st most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 14,692,633 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Nwufo reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 466 people, or 1 in 380,135. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 17 percent are found, Enugu, where 14 percent are found and Abia, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Nwufo is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.

Nwufo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nwufo last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

Nwufo earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.34% more than the national average, earning $44,589 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwufoh91185/
Nwaufo9155/
Nwusfo911/
Nwaufoh832/
Nwufuoh831/
Nwufa8092/
Nwifo8018/
Nwaufa7321/
Nvoufo731/
Nwoofo731/
Nboufou671/
Nwifa6066/
Mboufo554/
Nwifah554/
Nwiffa551/
Mvuefo551/
Mvoufo551/
Mbeufo551/
Mbouffo5013/
Mboufou5013/
Mbeuffo503/
Nnbuifa501/

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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 Nwufo
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