Nkweh Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Nkweh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 95 | 1:218,622 | 22,080 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
Nkweh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkweh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkweh occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkweh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,649,806th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkweh are found; 79 percent are found in Central Africa and 79 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Nkweh is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 218,622. In Cameroon Nkweh is most common in: Southwest Region, where 53 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 36 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 11 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Nkweh is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkweha | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nkweth | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkweeh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkwieh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkwe | 89 | 5,892 | / |
| Nkwei | 80 | 171 | / |
| Nkwey | 80 | 112 | / |
| Nkwer | 80 | 110 | / |
| Nkgwe | 80 | 102 | / |
| Ngweh | 80 | 76 | / |
| Nkwee | 80 | 7 | / |
| Nnkwe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Nkweu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Nkwed | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nkwea | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nqkwe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ngkwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| N'Kwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkwej | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkqwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkwih | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkwue | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nqukwe | 73 | 43 | / |
| Ngwieh | 73 | 40 | / |
| Nkoueh | 73 | 13 | / |
| Ngwehe | 73 | 10 | / |
| Ngweeh | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nkwaha | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ngweah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nkwhoa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nkwe'e | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ngwueh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkwoue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwe | 67 | 14,448 | / |
| Nkwa | 67 | 3,544 | / |
| Nkue | 67 | 670 | / |
| Nkwi | 67 | 122 | / |
| Ngqukwe | 67 | 27 | / |
| Nkwy | 67 | 21 | / |
| Nqwe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ng'wehe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ncwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkqukwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ningweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwetch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwuoha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwuaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkcwoha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwuehe | 67 | 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
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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 Nkweh
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