Nwenka Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Nwenka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
Nwenka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwenka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwenka occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nwenka.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwenka? popularity and diffusion
Nwenka is the 3,100,440th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Nwenka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwenka are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 48 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Nwenka is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 593,402. In Cameroon Nwenka is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 54 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 34 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 6 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwenkah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwaennka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwenke | 83 | 170 | / |
| Nwinka | 83 | 73 | / |
| Nwenko | 83 | 16 | / |
| Nbenka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaenke | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nwenkeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwinkha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nuenke | 67 | 90 | / |
| Nuinka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwinki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwenchi | 62 | 49 | / |
| Nwenche | 62 | 2 | / |
| Nwinkoh | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwinkoo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nuencke | 62 | 0 | / |
| Nuenkouy | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nwuenchi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mbinka | 50 | 39 | / |
| Mbenky | 50 | 6 | / |
| Nuinko | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nwnchi | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nuemke | 50 | 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
- 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 Nwenka
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