Nwefu Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Nwefu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Nwefu (25) may also be a first name.
Nwefu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwefu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwefu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwefu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,605,694th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwefu live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 25 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 3,342,316. In Nigeria Nwefu is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 87 percent are found, Benue, where 8 percent are found and Rivers, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Nwefu
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