Nwuruku Surname
Approximately 550 people bear this surname
Nwuruku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 549 | 1:322,664 | 17,723 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwuruku (31) may also be a first name.
Nwuruku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwuruku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwuruku occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwuruku? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 572,911th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 13,250,083 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwuruku are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 31 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 549 people, or 1 in 322,664. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 95 percent reside, Lagos, where 2 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Nwuruku
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