Nwanye Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Nwanye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 99 | 1:1,789,321 | 64,938 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nwanye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwanye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwanye is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nwanye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwanye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nwanye is the 1,849,867th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. Nwanye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwanye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 1,789,321. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 37 percent reside, Delta, where 27 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 9 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nnwanye | 92 | 27 | / |
| Nwanyie | 92 | 23 | / |
| Nweanye | 92 | 2 | / |
| N'Wanye | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwainye | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwahanye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwonye | 83 | 2,242 | / |
| Nwanya | 83 | 1,685 | / |
| Nwanje | 83 | 56 | / |
| Nwagne | 83 | 19 | / |
| Nwanie | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nwainya | 77 | 78 | / |
| Nwanjei | 77 | 30 | / |
| Nwanyaa | 77 | 12 | / |
| Nwaigne | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nwangee | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nwanehi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nnwanya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwangne | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwangeh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwanije | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwangea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwanjeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwanjje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwanyih | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwanjie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwangie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwuanjea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwannehi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwanja | 67 | 1,945 | / |
| Nwanji | 67 | 1,149 | / |
| Nwonya | 67 | 56 | / |
| Mbanye | 67 | 54 | / |
| Nwonie | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nwogne | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nuanje | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwonge | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nuonye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvonye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnouhanye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuange | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nbonye | 67 | 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 Nwanye
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