Nkwege Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Nkwege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
Nkwege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkwege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkwege is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkwege? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nkwege is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkwege reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Nkwege is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Nkwege is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 58 percent reside, Lagos, where 33 percent reside and Abia, where 8 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwese | 83 | 87 | / |
| Nkweze | 83 | 13 | / |
| Nkwega | 83 | 10 | / |
| Ngwege | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nkwage | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkwegi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkwoge | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkwueze | 77 | 11 | / |
| Ngwegeh | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nkweseu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkweghi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngweger | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngweghe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwegha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkweise | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwoegi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngweghep | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkgwakge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwegueh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwese | 67 | 954 | / |
| Ngwega | 67 | 459 | / |
| Nkwezi | 67 | 297 | / |
| Ngweze | 67 | 180 | / |
| Nkwesi | 67 | 80 | / |
| Ngweje | 67 | 44 | / |
| Nkuese | 67 | 34 | / |
| Nkwiga | 67 | 21 | / |
| Nkweza | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ngbege | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nkwogi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ngwige | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkweji | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngwece | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngwage | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngwexe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkueze | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkwise | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkwize | 67 | 2 | / |
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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
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- 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 Nkwege
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