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 last name Enwe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻮﻯ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Enwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Enwe is the 368,903rd most frequently used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 7,474,406 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 frequent first name in the world It is held by 88 people.
The surname Enwe is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 765 people, or 1 in 231,559. In Nigeria Enwe is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 36 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 16 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 21 percent are found and Benin, where 0 percent are found.
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
- 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 Enwe
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