Nwaekeke Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Nwaekeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Nwaekeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwaekeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwaekeke has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwaekeke? popularity and diffusion
Nwaekeke is the 3,228,735th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name Nwaekeke occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Nwaekeke are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Nwaekeke is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria Nwaekeke is most frequent in: Abia, where 85 percent are found, Lagos, where 12 percent are found and Taraba, where 3 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwakeke | 93 | 23 | / |
| Nwekeke | 93 | 12 | / |
| Nwekeike | 88 | 2 | / |
| Nwokeke | 80 | 1,136 | / |
| Nwekike | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nwokekeh | 75 | 24 | / |
| Nwokeike | 75 | 12 | / |
| Nwokeuke | 75 | 9 | / |
| Nwokeake | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nwakaeke | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwaekechi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nwaechike | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwakaekeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwakike | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nwokeki | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwekoki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwokake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnwakike | 63 | 2 | / |
| Nwaakike | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nwaikechi | 59 | 3 | / |
| Nwokike | 53 | 6,626 | / |
| Nwokoke | 53 | 5 | / |
| Nwokiki | 53 | 2 | / |
| Nwoukike | 50 | 3 | / |
| Nhwokike | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nwwokike | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nwokikeh | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nwoikike | 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 Nwaekeke
- 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