Nehiweze Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Nehiweze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Nehiweze (13) may also be a first name.
Nehiweze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nehiweze Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nehiweze is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nehiweze? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nehiweze is the 3,017,195th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. Nehiweze occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nehiweze reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nehiweze is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 13 people.
The last name Nehiweze is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Edo, where 82 percent live and Lagos, where 18 percent live. Not including Nigeria Nehiweze is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 7 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nehiwaze | 88 | 1 | / |
| Niewehuize | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nieuwehuize | 63 | 6 | / |
| Niwaheza | 63 | 3 | / |
| Nwahaeze | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nwihueze | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nieuweuhuyze | 60 | 6 | / |
| Nwaohaeze | 59 | 4 | / |
| Nwihe-Eze | 59 | 1 | / |
| Nyihaweza | 59 | 1 | / |
| Nwahizu | 53 | 32 | / |
| Nwahuze | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nyibeche | 50 | 25 | / |
| Nuwaheza | 50 | 9 | / |
| Nwahuizu | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Nehiweze
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