Nkewgu Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Nkewgu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nkewgu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkewgu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkewgu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkewgu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nkewgu is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkewgu are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria Nkewgu is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 54 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 31 percent live and Lagos, where 15 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkewu | 91 | 434 | / |
| Nkiewu | 83 | 35 | / |
| Nkawgu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nkeuwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkiewuh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkevu | 73 | 11 | / |
| Nkiwu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nqewu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngqewu | 67 | 110 | / |
| Nkebou | 67 | 28 | / |
| Nkibeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngcewu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkhebui | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nqevu | 55 | 269 | / |
| Ncevu | 55 | 90 | / |
| Nciwu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Nqiwu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ngciwu | 50 | 36 | / |
| Nkoivu | 50 | 15 | / |
| Nkaivu | 50 | 9 | / |
| Nkibou | 50 | 5 | / |
| Ngqiwu | 50 | 2 | / |
| Nkaibu | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ngqevu | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nchiwu | 50 | 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 Nkewgu
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