Nwenye Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Nwenye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nwenye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwenye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwenye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwenye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,485,539th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwenye live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Nwenye is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Nwenye is most common in: Ebonyi, where 74 percent are found, Lagos, where 11 percent are found and Benue, where 4 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaenye | 92 | 2 | / |
| Nweanye | 92 | 2 | / |
| Nwenyie | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwaenyie | 86 | 3 | / |
| Nwenya | 83 | 97 | / |
| Nwinye | 83 | 95 | / |
| Nwenje | 83 | 24 | / |
| Nwenge | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nwegne | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwenhe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaenie | 77 | 61 | / |
| Nnwanye | 77 | 27 | / |
| Nwanyie | 77 | 23 | / |
| Nwengeh | 77 | 17 | / |
| Nweinya | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nwainye | 77 | 1 | / |
| N'Wanye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwaenehe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwahanye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nnwengeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nuenyerh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwinaiye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwinya | 67 | 1,177 | / |
| Nbinye | 67 | 63 | / |
| Nvenge | 67 | 53 | / |
| Nwenji | 67 | 35 | / |
| Mbenye | 67 | 9 | / |
| Nvonye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwenja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuenhe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Nwenye
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