Nwenwe Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Nwenwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 233 | 1:760,269 | 34,383 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwenwe (5,015) may also be a first name.
Nwenwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwenwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwenwe occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Nwenwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwenwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,058,336th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. The surname Nwenwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwenwe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 96,051st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 5,015 people.
Nwenwe is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 233 people, or 1 in 760,269. In Nigeria Nwenwe is most common in: Ebonyi, where 44 percent are found, Rivers, where 41 percent are found and Kano, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Nwenwe
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