Etuwe Surname

777,192nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 365 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Etuwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Etuwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1841:962,73241,060
DR Congo1641:450,48536,956
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Etuwe (84) may also be a first name.

Etuwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Etuwe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Etuwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Etuwe is the 777,192nd most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,965,879 people. The surname Etuwe is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Etuwe live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,046,220th most frequently held first name globally, held by 84 people.

Etuwe is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 184 people, or 1 in 962,732. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 72 percent reside, Lagos, where 8 percent reside and Enugu, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Etuwe is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 45 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Etuweh9130/
Etuewe911/
Etouwe911/
Etuwei911/
Etuwet911/
Otuwe80369/
Ituwe80312/
Etuwa80274/
Etube80241/
Etiwe8084/
Etuve8044/
Atuwe8044/
Etowe8031/
Hatuwe73535/
Etoube7375/
Ethube7340/
Itouwe7316/
Ethuwa7315/
Otuweh7310/
Estuve734/
Otuewe733/
Hetowe731/
Etuvie731/
Otuwee731/
Athuwe731/
Etuhbe731/
Etiewe731/
Otueweh671/
Ituw671/
Estuyue671/
Etouwai671/

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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
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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 Etuwe
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