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 found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,185,033rd most frequent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwem live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most common given name internationally. It is borne by 33 people.
The last name Nwem is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria Nwem is most common in: Ondo, where 34 percent are found, Lagos, where 23 percent are found and Oyo, where 17 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.
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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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