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 last name Nwegbe has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nwegbe.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwegbe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 575,362nd most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,322,753 people. Nwegbe is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Nwegbe reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwegbe is also the 2,136,160th most widespread given name world-wide. It is borne by 25 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 532 people, or 1 in 332,975. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 78 percent live, Lagos, where 6 percent live and Ondo, where 4 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live.
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis