Nweme Surname

619,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 496 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nweme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nweme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4871:363,74319,486
United States81:45,307,367917,113
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Nweme (32) may also be a first name.

Nweme Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nweme Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nweme is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nweme? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nweme is the 619,831st most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 14,692,633 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nweme live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nweme is also the 1,840,253rd most frequent first name internationally, borne by 32 people.

Nweme is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 487 people, or 1 in 363,743. In Nigeria Nweme is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 61 percent reside, Lagos, where 11 percent reside and Plateau, where 9 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Nweme exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.

Nweme Last Name Statistics demography

Nweme earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 151.74% more than the national average, earning $108,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nwome80826/
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Nueme8027/
Nweim806/
Nveme802/
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Nwime801/
Nwomeh73115/
Nwimea7310/
Nweama739/
Noueme737/
N'Wemi735/
Nwameh734/
Nwamee734/
Nwaime732/
Nwemyi732/
Nwemiz731/
Nuemee731/
Nweehm731/
Nwamey731/
N'Wema731/
Nnwame731/
Nwimme731/
Nweema731/
Nuemeh731/
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Nuem6750/
Nwim675/
Nbem672/
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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 Nweme
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