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
The last name Arewe has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Arewe.
How Common Is The Last Name Arewe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 830,559th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 21,884,522 people. Arewe is predominantly 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. Arewe is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 17 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 296 people, or 1 in 598,455. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Edo, where 52 percent reside, Delta, where 23 percent reside and Lagos, where 10 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside.
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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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