Nwegu Surname
Approximately 387 people bear this surname
Nwegu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 386 | 1:458,919 | 23,339 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nwegu (29) may also be a first name.
Nwegu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwegu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwegu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwegu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nwegu is the 744,013th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwegu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwegu is also the 1,951,561st most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 29 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 386 people, or 1 in 458,919. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 89 percent reside, Delta, where 3 percent reside and Enugu, where 3 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaegu | 91 | 47 | / |
| Nwwegu | 91 | 4 | / |
| Nweagu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Nweigu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Nwuegu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nweguh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nweugu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nweghu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwegou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nweighu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwogu | 80 | 48,330 | / |
| Nwagu | 80 | 15,249 | / |
| Nwigu | 80 | 10 | / |
| Nbegu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nwoguh | 73 | 38 | / |
| Nwoghu | 73 | 25 | / |
| Nwaagu | 73 | 24 | / |
| Nwagou | 73 | 15 | / |
| Nwaghu | 73 | 10 | / |
| Nwaigu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Nwaggu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nvengu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwhogu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwogau | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwaguh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwoygu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwaqgu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nnwagu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwoggu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwwogu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nnwogu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwigou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nouegou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nmbeagu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwagheu | 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 Nwegu
- 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