Andwer Surname

983,245th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 262 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Andwer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Andwer 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
Nigeria2521:702,94732,409
Liberia61:734,75629,369
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Andwer (37) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Nigeria

Andwer Demographics

Andwer Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

Sample size: 49 (2012)

Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

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Andwer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Andwer is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Andwer.

How Common Is The Last Name Andwer? popularity and diffusion

Andwer is the 983,245th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 27,815,061 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Andwer reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Andwer is also the 1,688,769th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 37 people.

The surname Andwer is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 252 people, or 1 in 702,947. In Nigeria Andwer is primarily concentrated in: Borno, where 41 percent live, Benue, where 25 percent live and Delta, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Andwer Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Andwer last name is principally Christian (96%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Andwere921/
Handwehr860/
Antwer836/
Andver833/
Andwre833/
Anduer831/
Antwert773/
Endwear771/
Antwerth711/
Antuerp6217/
Antuert623/
Antwire622/
Antwirp621/
Henduer621/
Gondveer5711/
Enduir504/
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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 Andwer
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