Anwe Surname
Approximately 612 people bear this surname
Anwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 533 | 1:332,350 | 18,137 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Anwe (65) may also be a first name.
Anwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Anwe is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Anwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Anwe is the 528,890th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 11,907,755 people. The surname Anwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Anwe live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 65 people.
Anwe is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 533 people, or 1 in 332,350. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 62 percent live, Benue, where 19 percent live and Rivers, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
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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 Anwe
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