Nwem Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Nwem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
Nwem (33) may also be a first name.
Nwem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwem is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,185,033rd most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwem live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwem is also the 1,807,719th most common first name internationally, held by 33 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria Nwem is primarily found in: Ondo, where 34 percent live, Lagos, where 23 percent live and Oyo, where 17 percent live. Besides Nigeria Nwem is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
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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 Nwem
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