Nkweje Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Nkweje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nkweje (6) may also be a first name.
Nkweje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkweje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkweje is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nkweje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkweje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nkweje is the 8,193,072nd most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkweje are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,967,096th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 6 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Nkweje is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwej | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkwaje | 83 | 427 | / |
| Ngweje | 83 | 44 | / |
| Nkweji | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nkweeh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkweja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkwajep | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nkwejop | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nkwueja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwejoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwoeje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwej | 73 | 7,705 | / |
| Nkwei | 73 | 171 | / |
| Nkwey | 73 | 112 | / |
| Nkwaj | 73 | 56 | / |
| Nkweu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nkwea | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nkwue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngweji | 67 | 5,513 | / |
| Nkwoji | 67 | 379 | / |
| Ngweja | 67 | 215 | / |
| Nkwaju | 67 | 175 | / |
| Nkweya | 67 | 82 | / |
| Nkwija | 67 | 75 | / |
| Nkweyi | 67 | 66 | / |
| Nkwaji | 67 | 56 | / |
| Ngweye | 67 | 51 | / |
| Ngwije | 67 | 48 | / |
| Nkwaye | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ngwaje | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nkwawe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ngweeh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nkwaja | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkweyo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngwejo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkweha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngueje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkweuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Kwoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwuej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuhee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwaie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwajo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkweah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwoue | 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
- 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 Nkweje
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