Nwembe Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Nwembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 46 | 1:451,501 | 37,608 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
Nwembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwembe is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwembe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,605,694th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname Nwembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwembe are found; 84 percent are found in Central Africa and 84 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Nwembe is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 451,501. In Cameroon Nwembe is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 30 percent reside and West Region, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwembeh | 92 | 3 | / |
| Nwuembe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwembie | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwembee | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwmbe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwetmbeh | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nwambe | 83 | 1,331 | / |
| Nwemba | 83 | 8 | / |
| Nuembe | 83 | 7 | / |
| Nwenbe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nbembe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwombe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nvembe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwembi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwambie | 77 | 48 | / |
| Nwambeh | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nwammbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nvember | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwuimbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nouembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwmba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nouember | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nwambieh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbembe | 67 | 21,582 | / |
| Mvembe | 67 | 1,420 | / |
| Nvemba | 67 | 134 | / |
| Nvembi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Nvimbe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nwambi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nwimba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nvambe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nbembi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwinbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwenba | 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 Nwembe
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