Nwuju Surname

205,731st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,016 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwuju Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwuju Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,9941:88,8386,199
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

Nwuju (122) may also be a first name.

Nwuju Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwuju is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nwuju click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwuju? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 205,731st most numerous last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,614,854 people. Nwuju occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwuju live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 844,248th most prevalent given name worldwide, held by 122 people.

The surname Nwuju is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,994 people, or 1 in 88,838. In Nigeria Nwuju is most frequent in: Rivers, where 55 percent live, Abia, where 33 percent live and Lagos, where 4 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Nwuju Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Nwuju are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Nwuju earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.77% more than the national average, earning $46,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwauju911,139/
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Nwujuu913/
Nwouju913/
Nwuuju911/
Nwueju911/
Nwju891/
Nwuzu80298/
Nwusu8055/
Nwoju8043/
Nwauu8010/
Nweju809/
Nwouu808/
Nwuyu807/
Nwiju801/
Nwuhu801/
Nwauzu73248/
Nwousu7311/
Nwuizu736/
Nwausu733/
Nwauhu733/
Nwaouu733/
Nwusau731/
Nwugiu731/
Nnwuzu731/
Nwouzu731/
Nwouyu731/
Nwaiju731/
Nwiu673/
Nwauzuz673/
Nuiu671/
Nuaijuy671/
Nwauhou671/

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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 Nwuju
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