Nwaribe Surname

646,966th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 468 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwaribe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nwaribe 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
Nigeria4511:392,77820,683
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nwaribe Last Name Facts

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

Nwaribe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nwaribe.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwaribe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nwaribe is the 646,966th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,571,679 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nwaribe reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 451 people, or 1 in 392,778. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 32 percent live, Lagos, where 20 percent live and Edo, where 11 percent live. Beside Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent live and Oman, where 0 percent live.

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
Nwaribet931/
Nwarube865/
Nwaribi863/
Nwarebe863/
Nweribe862/
Nworibe861/
Nwarive861/
Mbarebe574/
Mbairebe5311/
Mbaïrebe539/
Mbareebe534/
Mbairibi531/
Mbeireibe501/
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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 Nwaribe
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