Enwu Surname

786,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Enwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Enwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3571:496,19824,800
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Enwu (60) may also be a first name.

Enwu Last Name Facts

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

Enwu occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Enwu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 786,896th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 20,299,571 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Enwu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most common first name internationally, borne by 60 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 357 people, or 1 in 496,198. In Nigeria Enwu is mostly found in: Enugu, where 31 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 25 percent reside and Cross River, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Enwou8946/
Enweu892/
Enwgu891/
Onwu7510,798/
Enbu75534/
Anwu75273/
Envu751/
Inwu751/
Esenwuh731/
Einbu67111/
Hanwu6746/
Emwau6736/
Jinwu6730/
Yinwu6715/
Henbu677/
Enbau676/
Inwut674/
Anwau674/
Onwuh674/
Anwui672/
Aynwu672/
Anwuu671/
Eanbu671/
Yonwu671/
Ihnwu671/
Onwuy671/
Hjnwu671/
Echeenwu671/
Emwuu671/
Anwuh671/
Inwgu671/
Inwau671/

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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 Enwu
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