Nwegbe Surname
Approximately 547 people bear this surname
Nwegbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 532 | 1:332,975 | 18,161 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
Nwegbe (25) may also be a first name.
Nwegbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwegbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwegbe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nwegbe.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwegbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nwegbe is the 575,362nd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 13,322,753 people. The surname Nwegbe is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Nwegbe are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 25 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 532 people, or 1 in 332,975. In Nigeria Nwegbe is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 78 percent reside, Lagos, where 6 percent reside and Ondo, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaegbe | 92 | 151 | / |
| Nwuegbe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nweagbe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwogbe | 83 | 559 | / |
| Nwigbe | 83 | 102 | / |
| Nwagbe | 83 | 46 | / |
| Nwegba | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nwaigbe | 77 | 96 | / |
| Nnuegbe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Nwagbea | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nwogbeh | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nwoigbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwagbeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwigbei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwigbea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwoegbui | 71 | 1 | / |
| N'Vengbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwigba | 67 | 43 | / |
| Nwagbi | 67 | 28 | / |
| Nwigbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwogbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbegbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwaigba | 62 | 55 | / |
| Nwigboi | 62 | 39 | / |
| Nwagboi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwagbai | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwagbyi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwaingbi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mbigbe | 50 | 11 | / |
| Nuigba | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mvegba | 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
- 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 Nwegbe
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