Nwekwo Surname
Approximately 491 people bear this surname
Nwekwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 487 | 1:363,743 | 19,486 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Nwekwo (15) may also be a first name.
Nwekwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwekwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwekwo is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwekwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nwekwo is the 624,505th most commonly held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 14,842,252 people. The last name Nwekwo is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwekwo reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most numerous forename on earth It is held by 15 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 487 people, or 1 in 363,743. In Nigeria Nwekwo is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 54 percent reside, Enugu, where 25 percent reside and Lagos, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Nwekwo is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaekwo | 92 | 42 | / |
| Nweekwo | 92 | 4 | / |
| Nweakwo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nweankwo | 86 | 8 | / |
| Nwakwo | 83 | 13,507 | / |
| Nwokwo | 83 | 605 | / |
| Nwikwo | 83 | 127 | / |
| Nwekwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nwegwo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nwakwuo | 77 | 1,093 | / |
| Nnwakwo | 77 | 60 | / |
| Nwackwo | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nwaikwo | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nwokwou | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nwakwoh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwakkwo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwaakwo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwaekwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwaegwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwakwwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwokwuo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwikwoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwakwou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwokwoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nnwakwuo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nwaegwuo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwakwuoh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwokwa | 67 | 308 | / |
| Nwegwa | 67 | 262 | / |
| Nwakwa | 67 | 135 | / |
| Nwagwo | 67 | 51 | / |
| Nwogwo | 67 | 36 | / |
| Nwikwa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Nwakuo | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nwaqwo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwaegwuoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwokuo | 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
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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 Nwekwo
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