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

Nuweke is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nuweke? popularity and diffusion

Nuweke is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nuweke reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

Nuweke is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 67 percent live and North Region, where 33 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name is found 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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