Nuweke Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nuweke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nuweke Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Nuweke Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nuweke Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Nuweke is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nuweke? popularity and diffusion

Nuweke is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Nuweke occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nuweke live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Nuweke is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 67 percent live and North Region, where 33 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 40 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nouweke921/
Nuwek915/
Niweke8310/
Nubeke835/
Nuwoke835/
Noweke831/
Neuweck772/
Nguwike771/
Nowek731,522/
Nouvoeke7136/
Neuweg67254/
Noweck6745/
Nuwiki6710/
Nubeck674/
Nouvek672/
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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 Nuweke
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