Angwe Surname
Approximately 3,793 people bear this surname
Angwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,182 | 1:81,184 | 5,751 |
| Gabon | 960 | 1:1,968 | 332 |
| Cameroon | 598 | 1:34,731 | 4,682 |
| Uganda | 41 | 1:952,178 | 42,125 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Angwé (1) are calculated separately.
Angwe (258) may also be a first name.
Angwe Demographics
Angwe Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Angwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Angwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Angwe has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant: Angwé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Angwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 120,832nd most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,921,315 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Angwe reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Angwe is also the 554,411th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 258 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,182 people, or 1 in 81,184. In Nigeria Angwe is most prevalent in: Benue, where 79 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 5 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Angwe is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Gabon, where 25 percent are found and Cameroon, where 16 percent are found.
Angwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (98%) in Nigeria.
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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 Angwe
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