Nwukwu Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwukwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwukwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1801:984,12641,775
Cameroon171:1,221,71073,195

Nwukwu (22) may also be a first name.

Nwukwu Last Name Facts

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

Nwukwu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwukwu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,198,640th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwukwu live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwukwu is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 22 people.

The last name Nwukwu is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 180 people, or 1 in 984,126. In Nigeria Nwukwu is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 88 percent live, Enugu, where 6 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Nwukwu is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaukwu9245/
Nwoukwu928/
Nwounkwu864/
Nwaugkwu861/
Nwaunkwu861/
Nwokwu836,558/
Nwugwu83748/
Nwikwu83115/
Nwaugwu7743/
Nnwokwu7712/
Nwokwou773/
Nwokkwu771/
Nwokwuy771/
Nwwokwu771/
Nwokweu771/
Nwogwu672,523/
Nwigwu6729/
Mbukwu6716/
Nwugbu672/
Nwhogwu621/
Mbuckwu621/
Mbeukwu621/
Nwoogwu621/
Nwougbu621/
Nwaugbu621/

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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 Nwukwu
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