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
The surname Nkweh occurs most in Cameroon. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkweh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,649,806th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. Nkweh is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkweh reside; 79 percent reside in Central Africa and 79 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Nkweh is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 218,622. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 53 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 36 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 11 percent reside. Not including Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs 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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