Imegwe Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Imegwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Imegwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Imegwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Imegwe is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Imegwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Imegwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Imegwe is the 6,360,413th most widespread family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Imegwe reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Imegwe is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 63 percent live and Ogun, where 38 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imoegwe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Imegw | 91 | 5 | / |
| Imagwe | 83 | 99 | / |
| Imegwa | 83 | 5 | / |
| Emegwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Imegbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Imekwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Umegwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Imhagwe | 77 | 16 | / |
| Imhegbe | 77 | 9 | / |
| Emeigwe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Emiegwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Immegwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ihmekwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Imeagwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aihmegbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Imheagbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hemegwey | 71 | 0 | / |
| Umekwe | 67 | 1,192 | / |
| Emegwa | 67 | 265 | / |
| Emekwe | 67 | 219 | / |
| Emagwe | 67 | 34 | / |
| Emegue | 67 | 22 | / |
| Imakwe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Imokwe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Emegbe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Umagwe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Imegwe
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