Nwese Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Nwese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 193 | 1:107,612 | 12,606 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
Nwese (69) may also be a first name.
Nwese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwese Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwese is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nwese.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwese? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nwese is the 906,170th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Nwese live; 79 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 69 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 193 people, or 1 in 107,612. In Cameroon Nwese is primarily found in: Southwest Region, where 98 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live and Northwest Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Nwese exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 15 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.
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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 Nwese
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