Anwei Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Anwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 131 | 1:158,543 | 17,246 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Anwei (491) may also be a first name.
Anwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Anwei is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Anwei? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,385,851st most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Anwei reside; 83 percent reside in Central Africa and 83 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Anwei is also the 383,498th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 491 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 158,543. In Cameroon Anwei is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 85 percent are found, Centre Region, where 12 percent are found and West Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Anwei is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent are found and China, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Anwei
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