Nwameme Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwameme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwameme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria611:2,903,98091,283
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Nwameme Last Name Facts

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

Nwameme occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwameme? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,136,387th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Nwameme is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Nwameme reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria Nwameme is most common in: Lagos, where 74 percent are found, Abia, where 16 percent are found and Rivers, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Ghana, where 1 percent are found.

Nwameme Last Name Statistics demography

Nwameme earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 27.24% less than the national average, earning $31,396 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nwamem921/
Nwammemme884/
Nweamem863/
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Nwamim777/
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Nwamimi7124/
Mbameme711/
Nwamaimma632/
Nweamijma631/
Nouhomeme631/
Nuamim62134/
Mbamem621/
Nuamaim574/
Mbaumem571/
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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 Nwameme
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