Abakwe Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Abakwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Abakwe (21) may also be a first name.
Abakwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abakwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abakwe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Abakwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Abakwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,414,640th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Abakwe reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abakwe is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 21 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 2,952,379. In Nigeria Abakwe is most frequent in: Abia, where 47 percent live, Lagos, where 28 percent live and Benue, where 12 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and Ghana, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abakwue | 92 | 150 | / |
| Abakwer | 92 | 27 | / |
| Abeakwe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Abajkwe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Abakwey | 92 | 1 | / |
| Abaekwue | 86 | 18 | / |
| Abangkwe | 86 | 11 | / |
| Abakwa | 83 | 165 | / |
| Obakwe | 83 | 32 | / |
| Abagwe | 83 | 19 | / |
| Abekwe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ebakwe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Abakoue | 77 | 74 | / |
| Aboekwe | 77 | 13 | / |
| Abekwei | 77 | 2 | / |
| Obeakwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ebaikwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abangwei | 71 | 31 | / |
| Haibekwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obekwe | 67 | 320 | / |
| Ebekwe | 67 | 158 | / |
| Obokwe | 67 | 60 | / |
| Abague | 67 | 56 | / |
| Abaque | 67 | 47 | / |
| Abagbe | 67 | 41 | / |
| Abokwa | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ebakue | 67 | 6 | / |
| Abagwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ebokwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Obakwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Habeikwue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ebagwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abokwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abekue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abagwi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Abakwe
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