Nwevu Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Nwevu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nwevu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwevu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwevu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwevu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Nwevu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwevu reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Nwevu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Nwevu is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 68 percent live, Benue, where 27 percent live and Edo, where 5 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaevu | 91 | 4 | / |
| Nwovu | 80 | 5,359 | / |
| Nwivu | 80 | 133 | / |
| Nwebu | 80 | 98 | / |
| Nwewu | 80 | 49 | / |
| Nwavu | 80 | 12 | / |
| Nwebup | 73 | 15 | / |
| Nwebui | 73 | 12 | / |
| Nweiwu | 73 | 12 | / |
| Nwaewu | 73 | 9 | / |
| Nwovou | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nwaivu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nwuewu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwovuh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwebuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwebou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nnwovu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwiewu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwebgu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwejwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nouevou | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nwaewuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwibeup | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwehbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwebuih | 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 Nwevu
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