Nwen Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nwen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Nwen (11) may also be a first name.

Nwen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwen occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nwen is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Nwen occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Nwen reside; 43 percent reside in Central Africa and 43 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name on earth, held by 11 people.

It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Nwen is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 33 percent live, Littoral Region, where 33 percent live and Southwest Region, where 33 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 43 percent live and Pakistan, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwene89479/
Nweun8912/
Nwein893/
Nween892/
Nwuen891/
Nwend891/
Nwean891/
Nwn8629/
Nwenne8028/
N'Wene809/
Nweenh802/
Nweine802/
Nwween801/
Nwenhe801/
Nnwene801/
Nuen7563/
Nwem7538/
Nwin7522/
Nben758/
Nwhn753/
Nwnc752/
Nwnk752/
Nwnq752/
Hnwn751/
Nhwn751/
Nwyn751/
Nwng751/
N'Weine732/
Nweanne731/
Nhuen673,353/
Nueng67291/
Nwine6771/
Nouen6763/
Nwain6740/
Nwing673/
Nwnne673/
Nuesn672/
Gnuen672/
N'Win671/
N'Wem671/
Nuent671/
Nnben671/
Nwnqu671/
Nuenk671/
Nwhnh671/

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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 Nwen
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