Nwerie Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Nwerie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nwerie (23) may also be a first name.
Nwerie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwerie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwerie is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwerie? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,506,728th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwerie reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwerie is also the 2,239,265th most widespread forename at a global level, borne by 23 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria Nwerie is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 83 percent reside, Benue, where 7 percent reside and Lagos, where 3 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Nwerie is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Nwerie
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