Digwe Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Digwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Digwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon421:494,50240,134
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Digwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Digwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Digwe is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Digwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Digwe is the 2,255,512th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Digwe are found; 56 percent are found in Central Africa and 52 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 494,502. In Cameroon Digwe is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 60 percent live, Littoral Region, where 24 percent live and Far North Region, where 7 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Digwe is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 34 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dhigwe9111/
Digwey911/
Dikgwe911/
Digwei911/
Digwed911/
Digweed83855/
Deingwe831/
Digweer830/
Digbe802,830/
Digue801,055/
Dikwe80788/
Digwa80391/
Digwi80110/
Degwe8030/
Dugwe8020/
Dygwe805/
Dicwe802/
Digve801/
Daigbe73428/
Digbei73114/
Digbea7367/
Doigbe7366/
Diguei7345/
Digoue7344/
Digway7326/
Degwer7318/
Daigue7313/
Diggwa738/
Digbey733/
Digbee733/
Diguey732/
Deigbe732/
Diggue732/
Dikwes732/
Dhigwa732/
Deigue732/
Dickwe731/
Deugwe731/
Degwei731/
Dugwee731/
Deegwe731/
Diegwa731/
Digwaa731/
Disgue730/
Daigbeh671/
Diogwui671/
Daikwet671/
Digbehy671/
Daitcwe671/
Deingue671/
Doigueh671/
Daygwea671/

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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
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  • 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 Digwe
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