Ankwe Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Ankwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
Ankwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ankwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ankwe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ankwe? popularity and diffusion
Ankwe is the 2,808,717th most widespread family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ankwe live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Ankwe is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria Ankwe is primarily found in: Benue, where 70 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 11 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 8 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 23 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ankweh | 91 | 8 | / |
| Ankwei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ainkwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ankwer | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ankw | 89 | 2 | / |
| Ainekwe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Anenkwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ajnekwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gangkwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aninkwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ankwech | 83 | 1 | / |
| Angwe | 80 | 3,793 | / |
| Ankwa | 80 | 351 | / |
| Onkwe | 80 | 43 | / |
| Ankue | 80 | 27 | / |
| Enkwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amkwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hankw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Achenkwe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ankwai | 73 | 355 | / |
| Ankway | 73 | 222 | / |
| Hankwa | 73 | 170 | / |
| Angweh | 73 | 157 | / |
| Angwet | 73 | 115 | / |
| Ankuhe | 73 | 92 | / |
| Onkwey | 73 | 48 | / |
| Angwei | 73 | 18 | / |
| Angwee | 73 | 17 | / |
| Angwea | 73 | 6 | / |
| Hangwe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Angwie | 73 | 4 | / |
| Angwey | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ankwiz | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ounkwe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Onkwue | 73 | 2 | / |
| Angkwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Aungwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Anghwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aingwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Anqwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gankwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Henkwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Anquwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ankwaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eangwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Angwed | 73 | 1 | / |
| Haankwa | 67 | 97 | / |
| Gangkwi | 67 | 39 | / |
| Aningwe | 67 | 27 | / |
| Asingwe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Angkoue | 67 | 7 | / |
| Aungwea | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ahangwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ankwaai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahankwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ongkwey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hankuet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Angweet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Angweph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Angwoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ankoues | 67 | 1 | / |
| Engkwee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oinekwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ancw | 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 Ankwe
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