Nwee Surname
Approximately 453 people bear this surname
Nwee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 446 | 1:397,181 | 20,879 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Nwee (44) may also be a first name.
Nwee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwee is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwee? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 662,685th most numerous surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 16,087,298 people. The last name Nwee is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwee are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwee is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 44 people.
The surname Nwee is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 446 people, or 1 in 397,181. In Nigeria Nwee is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 83 percent live, Benue, where 9 percent live and Rivers, where 3 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nweae | 89 | 2 | / |
| N'Wee | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nwuee | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nweea | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nwe | 86 | 430,765 | / |
| Nweedh | 80 | 43 | / |
| Nwheez | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nwheed | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nweeds | 80 | 1 | / |
| N'We | 75 | 1,326 | / |
| Nbee | 75 | 54 | / |
| Nuee | 75 | 49 | / |
| Nwes | 75 | 42 | / |
| Nwea | 75 | 37 | / |
| Nwez | 75 | 32 | / |
| Nwei | 75 | 23 | / |
| Nweh | 75 | 20 | / |
| Nwie | 75 | 17 | / |
| Nwge | 75 | 5 | / |
| Nnwe | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nwey | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nwhe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nhwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwue | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwej | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nweu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nwije | 67 | 106 | / |
| Nveed | 67 | 28 | / |
| N'Wie | 67 | 20 | / |
| Nhwie | 67 | 15 | / |
| Nnwer | 67 | 7 | / |
| N'Wet | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nweha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nwhie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nwesh | 67 | 3 | / |
| N'Wei | 67 | 2 | / |
| N'Wey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwess | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nouee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nweis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nweah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnbee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwueh | 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 Nwee
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