Anigwe Surname

734,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 394 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Anigwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anigwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3701:478,76424,094
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Anigwe Last Name Facts

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

Anigwe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Anigwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Anigwe is the 734,496th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 18,496,309 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Anigwe live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 370 people, or 1 in 478,764. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 75 percent reside, Lagos, where 10 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Anigwe is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Anigwe Last Name Statistics demography

Anigwe earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.01% less than the national average, earning $42,281 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Anigkwe921/
Anigweis861/
Anikwe834,545/
Anigbe83377/
Enigwe83304/
Onigwe83136/
Anigue8319/
Anegwe833/
Aniekwe774,003/
Onuigwe77894/
Anikwue77204/
Anigoue7769/
Aniokwe7716/
Enuigwe7714/
Eneigwe7711/
Aneikwe776/
Onaigwe774/
Anaikwe773/
Anikweh773/
Hanigue772/
Ounigwe772/
Annigue772/
Enigwee771/
Anizkwe771/
Anikwes771/
Eunigwe771/
Onhigwe771/
Anikwea771/
Anigbea771/
Anikweu771/
Anickwe771/
Enigweh771/
Hainigue7158/
Enaigweh7124/
Aniekwie713/
Onuigkwe713/
Anniekwe712/
Anekwe674,272/
Anegbe67904/
Onigue67867/
Anegue67531/
Anukwe67303/
Anique6798/
Onigbe6770/
Onugwe6764/
Anikwa6735/
Enegwe6713/
Onegwe6712/
Enikwe6710/
Anigua679/
Enugwe677/
Onygwe673/
Anegwa673/
Anygwa672/
Anicue671/
Anigbi671/

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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 Anigwe
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