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

Nweme is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nweme? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 619,831st most frequently held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 14,692,633 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nweme live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 32 people.

The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 487 people, or 1 in 363,743. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 61 percent live, Lagos, where 11 percent live and Plateau, where 9 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nwem8938/
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Nwaemei833/
Nwemeit831/
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Nwiemeh831/
Nwome80826/
Nwema80171/
Nwame80150/
Nueme8027/
Nweim806/
Nveme802/
Nweam801/
N'Wem801/
Nwime801/
Nwomeh73115/
Nwimea7310/
Nweama739/
Noueme737/
N'Wemi735/
Nwameh734/
Nwamee734/
Nwaime732/
Nwemyi732/
Nwemiz731/
Nuemee731/
Nweehm731/
Nwamey731/
N'Wema731/
Nnwame731/
Nwimme731/
Nweema731/
Nuemeh731/
Nuemez731/
Nuem6750/
Nwim675/
Nbem672/
Nwjm671/
N'Weima671/
N'Oueme671/
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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
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis