Nwebia Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nwebia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwebia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Nwebia (11) may also be a first name.

Nwebia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwebia is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwebia? popularity and diffusion

Nwebia is the 6,360,413th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwebia live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwebia is also the 3,487,849th most numerous forename world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.

The last name Nwebia is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Niger, where 86 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 22 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaebia9236/
Nweabia923/
Nwiebia922/
Nwobia83618/
Nwabia83561/
Nwibia839/
Nuebia832/
Nwaibia7712/
Nwobiay774/
Nwabiah773/
Nwibiae772/
Nwaabia771/
Nwuhabia712/
Nwobiayi711/
Nwabio677/
Nwobya674/
Nwibio673/
Nwobio673/
Nwibea671/
Mbivya50251/
Mbibia508/
Mbevia501/
Mvevia501/

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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 Nwebia
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