Nweya Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nweya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nweya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria471:3,768,995108,818
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Nweya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nweya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Nweya occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nweya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nweya is the 2,689,253rd most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Nweya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Nweya live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 3,768,995. In Nigeria Nweya is primarily found in: Enugu, where 40 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 23 percent reside and Benue, where 13 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nwey892/
Nweye80249/
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Nwoya80111/
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Nweyo8069/
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N'Wey801/
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Nhwaya73135/
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N'Beya7312/
Nwayah7310/
Nwiyah733/
Nwayaa733/
Nwauya732/
Nweyuh732/
Nweyou732/
Nweiyi731/
N'Waya731/
Nueyas731/
Nnweyi731/
Nwoyah731/
N'Weye731/
Nwueye731/
Nway67202/
Nwai67189/
Nh'waya67156/
Nwoa6754/
Nwaa6731/
Nwaj6730/
Nwau6726/
Nbea6726/
Nwei6723/
Nwoy6717/
Nuey6715/
Nbey678/
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Nuea673/
Nvea672/
Nweu671/
Nwuiyae671/
Nwej671/
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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 Nweya
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