Nwegwu Surname
Approximately 367 people bear this surname
Nwegwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 366 | 1:483,997 | 24,298 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Nwegwu (31) may also be a first name.
Nwegwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwegwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwegwu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwegwu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 773,729th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 19,857,073 people. The last name Nwegwu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwegwu reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most common forename throughout the world It is held by 31 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 366 people, or 1 in 483,997. In Nigeria Nwegwu is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 65 percent live, Enugu, where 9 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaegwu | 92 | 169 | / |
| Nweagwu | 92 | 4 | / |
| Nweangwu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwagwu | 83 | 7,576 | / |
| Nwogwu | 83 | 2,523 | / |
| Nwekwu | 83 | 182 | / |
| Nwigwu | 83 | 29 | / |
| Nwaekwu | 77 | 218 | / |
| Nwaagwu | 77 | 19 | / |
| Nwaigwu | 77 | 10 | / |
| Nweakwu | 77 | 6 | / |
| Nwagwuh | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nwagweu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwahgwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwhogwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwoigwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nweegbu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nnwagwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwagwau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwacgwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwokwu | 67 | 6,558 | / |
| Nwakwu | 67 | 230 | / |
| Nwikwu | 67 | 115 | / |
| Nuegbu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nwigbu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwacwu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nwoqwu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mbegwu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwaqwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuekwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nbigwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwaikwu | 62 | 412 | / |
| Nwackwu | 62 | 13 | / |
| Nnwokwu | 62 | 12 | / |
| Nwokwou | 62 | 3 | / |
| Nnwakwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nnuegbu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwokweu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwakwou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwoikwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwwokwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwaigbu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwokwuy | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwokkwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mbegbu | 50 | 197 | / |
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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 Nwegwu
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