Nkereuwen Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Nkereuwen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 208 | 1:851,648 | 37,411 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nkereuwen (459) may also be a first name.
Nkereuwen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkereuwen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkereuwen is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkereuwen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,148,257th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. The last name Nkereuwen occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkereuwen live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 398,330th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 459 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 208 people, or 1 in 851,648. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 56 percent reside, Cross River, where 21 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkere-Uwen | 95 | 9 | / |
| Nkereuwwen | 95 | 1 | / |
| Nkeruwen | 94 | 18 | / |
| Nkerewen | 94 | 8 | / |
| Nkeriuwen | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nk Erewene | 84 | 1 | / |
| Nkerawen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nkereowun | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nkereawem | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nkweren | 75 | 4 | / |
| Negreen | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nakruen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkerene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Newgreen | 71 | 187 | / |
| Nkerenee | 71 | 8 | / |
| Nakkruen | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nkerenya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakkreun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Neugreen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Negrun | 67 | 46 | / |
| Nakkhruen | 67 | 37 | / |
| Nehkerwon | 67 | 21 | / |
| Nakrun | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nukrun | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nkhereane | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkurun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Negren | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngreen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Naokareen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkaruyien | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwakerenu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkereonye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkarauawn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwereony | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nekren | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kneegreen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nickereon | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Nkereuwen
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