Arewe Surname
Approximately 333 people bear this surname
Arewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 296 | 1:598,455 | 28,689 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
Arewe (17) may also be a first name.
Arewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arewe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arewe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 830,559th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 21,884,522 people. Arewe is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Arewe are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used forename throughout the world, borne by 17 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 296 people, or 1 in 598,455. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Edo, where 52 percent are found, Delta, where 23 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 11 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 Arewe
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