Nwefa Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Nwefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Nwefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwefa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwefa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwefa are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 75 percent live, Lagos, where 17 percent live and Delta, where 8 percent live. Barring Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaefa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nhwefah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwefi | 80 | 95 | / |
| Nwafa | 80 | 82 | / |
| Nwifa | 80 | 66 | / |
| Nwefe | 80 | 50 | / |
| Nwefo | 80 | 22 | / |
| Nwofa | 80 | 20 | / |
| Nwefie | 73 | 27 | / |
| Nwafea | 73 | 16 | / |
| Nouefa | 73 | 13 | / |
| Nviefa | 73 | 11 | / |
| Nweffi | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nwifah | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwefoh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwefhi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwaefo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwefee | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwefeh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwoifa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nweufe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwefio | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwiffa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwoffa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwefihe | 67 | 324 | / |
| Nwefehe | 67 | 4 | / |
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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 Nwefa
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