Nwego Surname

719,876th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 405 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwego Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwego Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4041:438,47222,538
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Nwego (71) may also be a first name.

Nwego Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nwego Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Nwego is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nwego.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwego? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nwego is the 719,876th most numerous surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 17,993,941 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwego are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 71 people.

Nwego is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 404 people, or 1 in 438,472. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 79 percent live, Benue, where 13 percent live and Ogun, where 3 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nweago912/
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Nwoego911/
Nwegou911/
Nwogo801,529/
Nwega80370/
Nwago80161/
Nwigo8055/
Nuego804/
Nbego801/
Nwigoa7345/
Nwogoh7333/
Nwigoh7319/
Nwagou7315/
Nwogho7312/
Nwaega7311/
Nwigoo738/
Nwiogo734/
Nwaigo733/
Nwagho733/
Nwagoi733/
Nwegha732/
Nweaga731/
Nwegah731/
Nvengo731/
Nwoega731/
Nwagoh731/
Nwakgo731/
Nwigou731/
Nwuygo731/
Nwuhega671/
Nwaghoh671/
Nwouega671/
Nouegou671/
Nwigooh671/
Nweigha671/

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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
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  • 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 Nwego
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