Nwabe Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Nwabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 202 | 1:876,944 | 38,283 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwabe (24) may also be a first name.
Nwabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwabe is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nwabe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwabe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,092,155th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwabe live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 24 people.
Nwabe is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 876,944. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 72 percent reside, Rivers, where 14 percent reside and Kogi, where 4 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 9 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaibe | 91 | 650 | / |
| Nwaebe | 91 | 84 | / |
| Nwabey | 91 | 63 | / |
| Nwaube | 91 | 24 | / |
| Nwabee | 91 | 13 | / |
| Nwabeh | 91 | 11 | / |
| Nwabie | 91 | 11 | / |
| Nwabge | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nweabe | 91 | 1 | / |
| N'Wabe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwabez | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwabed | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwaebee | 83 | 36 | / |
| Nwaiber | 83 | 6 | / |
| Nwaibeh | 83 | 5 | / |
| Nwabeee | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nwaibge | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nnwaibe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwabije | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaebie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaubet | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaibie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaibei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaubeh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaba | 80 | 1,343 | / |
| Nwebe | 80 | 627 | / |
| Nwobe | 80 | 220 | / |
| Nwabi | 80 | 74 | / |
| Nuabe | 80 | 20 | / |
| Nbabe | 80 | 13 | / |
| Nwave | 80 | 7 | / |
| Nwaby | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nwabuije | 77 | 19 | / |
| Nwauba | 73 | 427 | / |
| Nwaebi | 73 | 281 | / |
| Nwobie | 73 | 40 | / |
| Nwaboi | 73 | 19 | / |
| Nwaubi | 73 | 17 | / |
| Nwebeh | 73 | 15 | / |
| N'Babe | 73 | 10 | / |
| Nwaveh | 73 | 10 | / |
| Nwaboy | 73 | 8 | / |
| Nwabio | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nwebie | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nweibe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwwebe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nweabi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwabaa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwuaba | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwaeby | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwabis | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwaiba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwaibi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwobeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuabeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwoube | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwobei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwobee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwebee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwabhi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwobes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwaboa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwaaba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwabai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuhabe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nweube | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwabit | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwaubuije | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nwabaha | 67 | 44 | / |
| Nweebie | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwuabui | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwabuis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwabaia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwoobee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwabaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwaubio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwajboa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwauvhe | 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 Nwabe
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