Nwebe Surname
Approximately 627 people bear this surname
Nwebe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 621 | 1:285,254 | 16,072 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwebe (54) may also be a first name.
Nwebe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwebe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwebe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Nwebe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwebe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 519,402nd most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 11,622,880 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwebe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwebe is also the 1,350,955th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 54 people.
Nwebe is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 621 people, or 1 in 285,254. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 77 percent are found, Benue, where 5 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Nwebe occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaebe | 91 | 84 | / |
| Nwebeh | 91 | 15 | / |
| Nwebie | 91 | 6 | / |
| Nwwebe | 91 | 4 | / |
| Nweibe | 91 | 4 | / |
| Nwiebe | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nwetbe | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nwebee | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwebge | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nweube | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nweabe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwaebee | 83 | 36 | / |
| Nweebie | 83 | 5 | / |
| Nwaebie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwebech | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwebi | 80 | 504 | / |
| Nwibe | 80 | 504 | / |
| Nwabe | 80 | 225 | / |
| Nwobe | 80 | 220 | / |
| Nweba | 80 | 184 | / |
| Nbebe | 80 | 10 | / |
| Nuebe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nwaibe | 73 | 650 | / |
| Nwaebi | 73 | 281 | / |
| Nwabey | 73 | 63 | / |
| Nwebit | 73 | 21 | / |
| N'Weba | 73 | 14 | / |
| Nwabee | 73 | 13 | / |
| Nwebui | 73 | 12 | / |
| Nwabeh | 73 | 11 | / |
| Nueber | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nbebee | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nweabi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwebip | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwaeby | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwibee | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwibet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nweiba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nbebeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwobei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwobee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwibea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nweboy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwebyi | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Wabe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwobeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwaiber | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nwaibeh | 67 | 5 | / |
| N'Weive | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwaibei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwebuih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nouebet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnwaibe | 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 Nwebe
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