Enwe Surname
Approximately 975 people bear this surname
Enwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 765 | 1:231,559 | 13,540 |
| Cameroon | 209 | 1:99,374 | 11,757 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Enwe (88) may also be a first name.
Enwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Enwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Enwe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻮﻯ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Enwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Enwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 368,903rd most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,474,406 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Enwe are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Enwe is also the 1,017,994th most frequently held forename on earth. It is borne by 88 people.
Enwe is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 765 people, or 1 in 231,559. In Nigeria Enwe is most frequent in: Enugu, where 36 percent live, Ebonyi, where 16 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 15 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 21 percent live and Benin, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Enwe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Enwe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻮﻯ | anwy | - |
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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 Enwe
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