Nwanekpe Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Nwanekpe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Nwanekpe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwanekpe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwanekpe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwanekpe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nwanekpe is the 1,806,862nd most widespread last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. The last name Nwanekpe occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Nwanekpe reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 1,807,579. In Nigeria Nwanekpe is most numerous in: Rivers, where 26 percent reside, Lagos, where 23 percent reside and Enugu, where 15 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nwanekpe
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