Nwaehie Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Nwaehie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 137 | 1:1,293,013 | 51,317 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Nwaehie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwaehie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwaehie is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwaehie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nwaehie is the 1,465,390th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name Nwaehie occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Nwaehie are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 1,293,013. In Nigeria Nwaehie is most frequent in: Lagos, where 25 percent are found, Enugu, where 21 percent are found and Rivers, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 4 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaaehie | 93 | 2 | / |
| Nwaehi | 92 | 40 | / |
| Nwehie | 92 | 14 | / |
| Nwaehe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwahie | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwaee | 83 | 48 | / |
| Nwahi | 83 | 16 | / |
| Nwaei | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nwehi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nwehe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaeyi | 77 | 34 | / |
| Nwoahai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nvahi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nwahe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwoee | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwoai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nweue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwaoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwuee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwa'e | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvaee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwohi | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Wahe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwohoi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwaoijh | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nnwuieh | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nuee | 55 | 49 | / |
| Nuei | 55 | 2 | / |
| Nweu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Nueei | 50 | 7 | / |
| Nwuij | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nveuh | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nveue | 50 | 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 Nwaehie
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis