Nwefe Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Nwefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Nwefe (11) may also be a first name.
Nwefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwefe is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nwefe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwefe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nwefe is the 2,746,821st most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwefe are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwefe is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 11 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 3,690,474. In Nigeria Nwefe is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 85 percent reside, Lagos, where 10 percent reside and Benue, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwefie | 91 | 27 | / |
| Nwaefe | 91 | 13 | / |
| Nwefee | 91 | 3 | / |
| Nwefeh | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nweufe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwoefe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwefihe | 83 | 324 | / |
| Nwefehe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nwofe | 80 | 5,594 | / |
| Nwefi | 80 | 95 | / |
| Nwafe | 80 | 77 | / |
| Nwife | 80 | 75 | / |
| Nweew | 80 | 16 | / |
| Nwefa | 80 | 14 | / |
| Nbefe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwafee | 73 | 57 | / |
| Nwaife | 73 | 50 | / |
| Nwaefi | 73 | 48 | / |
| Nwheew | 73 | 17 | / |
| Nwafea | 73 | 16 | / |
| Nwafeh | 73 | 13 | / |
| Nweffi | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nwephe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwefhi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwofeh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwafeu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nhweew | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nuefer | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwifer | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Wafe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwefio | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwoife | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nueffer | 67 | 9 | / |
| Nweiphe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Nwephie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nwaffeu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nvef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noueffe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwaephe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwew | 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 Nwefe
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