Nwuga Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwuga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nwuga Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2011:881,30738,450
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Nwuga (14) may also be a first name.

Nwuga Last Name Facts

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

Nwuga is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwuga? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,155,901st most frequently used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Nwuga live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwuga is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 14 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 201 people, or 1 in 881,307. In Nigeria Nwuga is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 60 percent live, Delta, where 8 percent live and Edo, where 6 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Nwuga
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