Nwenya Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Nwenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwenya (13) may also be a first name.
Nwenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwenya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwenya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,882,912th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name Nwenya occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwenya reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwenya is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 13 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 2,494,968. In Nigeria Nwenya is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 68 percent are found, Delta, where 15 percent are found and Ogun, where 8 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 19 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwenyah | 92 | 14 | / |
| Nwaenya | 92 | 13 | / |
| Nweinya | 92 | 4 | / |
| Nweanya | 92 | 3 | / |
| Nhwenya | 92 | 2 | / |
| Nwinya | 83 | 1,177 | / |
| Nvenya | 83 | 123 | / |
| Nwenye | 83 | 32 | / |
| Nwenyo | 83 | 8 | / |
| Nwenja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwainya | 77 | 78 | / |
| Nwaenyo | 77 | 25 | / |
| Nwanyaa | 77 | 12 | / |
| Nwaenia | 77 | 7 | / |
| Nwaanya | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nwanyah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nweanye | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwanhya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwaenye | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwenyoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwenyie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nvenyah | 77 | 1 | / |
| N'Winya | 77 | 1 | / |
| N'Wanya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwaenyie | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nwanja | 67 | 1,945 | / |
| Mbenya | 67 | 1,482 | / |
| Mvenya | 67 | 413 | / |
| Nwinye | 67 | 95 | / |
| Nwania | 67 | 53 | / |
| Nwenji | 67 | 35 | / |
| Nwenje | 67 | 24 | / |
| Nwinia | 67 | 21 | / |
| Nwenjo | 67 | 20 | / |
| Nwonyo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nwinyo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nwenge | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwonja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwenhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwegne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwonia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvanya | 67 | 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 Nwenya
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