Nwahiwe Surname

1,144,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwahiwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nwahiwe 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
Nigeria2071:855,76237,544
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Nwahiwe (10) may also be a first name.

Nwahiwe Last Name Facts

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

Nwahiwe is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nwahiwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwahiwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nwahiwe is the 1,144,405th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwahiwe are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 10 people.

The last name Nwahiwe is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 855,762. In Nigeria Nwahiwe is most frequent in: Abia, where 72 percent are found, Niger, where 9 percent are found and Kogi, where 7 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Nwahiwe is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

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
Nwahiwa861/
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Nwayiebe674/
Nwaechue673/
Nwaojwue671/
Nwaebi62281/
Nwaeby623/
Nwaeve622/
Nwaewa621/
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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 Nwahiwe
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