Nenwe Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nenwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nenwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Nenwe Last Name Facts

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

Nenwe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nenwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nenwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Nenwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nenwe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Nenwe is most common in: Enugu, where 71 percent live and Ebonyi, where 29 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Neenwe911/
Nenwhie832/
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Nenbe80755/
Nenwa80141/
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Ninwe806/
Nenue801/
Nnenwa73596/
Nenbee73169/
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Naenwi7384/
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Nenway7312/
Nuenue7310/
Nenmbe739/
Nenwii735/
Neenwa734/
Nenues732/
Nenwha731/
Neenhw731/
Ninwie731/
Nynewe731/
Nennwa731/
Nemnwi731/
Nemwei731/
Nenoue731/
Nenuet731/
Ninweh731/
Nnenwuihe711/
Naenwii6714/
Neenwii6711/
Nnenwii676/
Nainwei673/
Ninwoue672/
Nesnwii671/
Nienwha671/
Nyonweh671/
Nyonwhe671/
Neanwii671/
Nnennwa671/
Nynw671/
Nenwoha671/
Ngninwe671/
Gnenoue671/
Ninwech671/
Nynhewe671/
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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 Nenwe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis