Nwekeze Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Nwekeze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwekeze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwekeze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwekeze is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwekeze? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,602,217th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nwekeze are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Nwekeze is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 38 percent live, Enugu, where 34 percent live and Ogun, where 14 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Nwekeze is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwekeeze | 93 | 5 | / |
| Nwaekeze | 93 | 3 | / |
| Nwekezeh | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nwekezie | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nwaekezie | 88 | 2 | / |
| Nwakeze | 86 | 506 | / |
| Nwokeze | 86 | 11 | / |
| Nuekeze | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwekezi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwakaeze | 80 | 676 | / |
| Nwokaeze | 80 | 36 | / |
| Nwokezie | 80 | 26 | / |
| Nwakezie | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nwakoeze | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nwokeuze | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nwakeaze | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nwakieze | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nwekezza | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwaikeze | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwokezi | 71 | 11 | / |
| Nwekeji | 71 | 8 | / |
| Nwakaze | 71 | 5 | / |
| Nwekazi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwikege | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwekozi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbekeze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwakezi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbekeize | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nwekechi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mbeikeze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwokoezi | 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 Nwekeze
- 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