Nwebu Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Nwebu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 88 | 1:236,012 | 23,423 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nwebu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwebu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwebu is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nwebu.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwebu? popularity and diffusion
Nwebu is the 1,871,545th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. Nwebu is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwebu are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 90 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 236,012. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 75 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 24 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 9 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwebup | 91 | 15 | / |
| Nwebui | 91 | 12 | / |
| Nwaebu | 91 | 8 | / |
| Nwoebu | 91 | 5 | / |
| Nwebuh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwebou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwebgu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwehbou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwebuih | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwobu | 80 | 2,356 | / |
| Nwabu | 80 | 340 | / |
| Nwevu | 80 | 23 | / |
| Nwibu | 80 | 15 | / |
| Nbebu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwaibu | 73 | 44 | / |
| Nwibou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwaybu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwaijbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nouebeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwibeup | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbebu | 60 | 102 | / |
| Nvabu | 60 | 1 | / |
| Nuibut | 55 | 332 | / |
| Mbebhu | 55 | 48 | / |
| Mbebou | 55 | 29 | / |
| Nwiboo | 55 | 11 | / |
| Nwaivu | 55 | 7 | / |
| Nwiboe | 55 | 7 | / |
| Mbebui | 55 | 4 | / |
| Mbebuh | 55 | 2 | / |
| Mbeabu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Mbebeu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Mbehbuh | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mbhebhu | 50 | 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
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- 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 Nwebu
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