Nwelem Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Nwelem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 221 | 1:801,551 | 35,769 |
| Cameroon | 63 | 1:329,668 | 30,059 |
Nwelem (29) may also be a first name.
Nwelem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwelem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwelem is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwelem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 928,396th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwelem live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most commonly used given name in the world It is held by 29 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 221 people, or 1 in 801,551. In Nigeria Nwelem is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 98 percent reside, Abia, where 1 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 0 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Nwelem exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 22 percent reside.
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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 Nwelem
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