Nwenta Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Nwenta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nwenta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwenta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwenta occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwenta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Nwenta occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwenta are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Nwenta is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 93 percent live and West Region, where 7 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwentai | 92 | 1 | / |
| N'Wienta | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwenti | 83 | 20 | / |
| Nwente | 83 | 5 | / |
| Nwinta | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwenteh | 77 | 21 | / |
| Nwentoh | 77 | 14 | / |
| N'Winta | 77 | 13 | / |
| N'Wenti | 77 | 7 | / |
| Nwentet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwented | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwnte | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwnti | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwentish | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nwinte | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nuinta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nbenti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbentha | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwintuo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwintoh | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nuentee | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mbenti | 50 | 631 | / |
| Mbenty | 50 | 127 | / |
| Mbinta | 50 | 15 | / |
| Mbente | 50 | 9 | / |
| Mbento | 50 | 3 | / |
| Nuemto | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nbinti | 50 | 1 | / |
| Hnvnte | 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
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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 Nwenta
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