Nweze Surname

16,836th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32,982 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nweze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nweze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria32,7961:5,401693
United States651:5,576,291276,051
England601:928,63447,428
Cameroon171:1,221,71073,195
Gambia91:213,717372
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Nweze (1,301) may also be a first name.

Nweze Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nweze is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Nweze click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nweze? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 16,836th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 220,955 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nweze live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nweze is also the 218,140th most common first name internationally It is held by 1,301 people.

The last name Nweze is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 32,796 people, or 1 in 5,401. In Nigeria Nweze is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 32 percent reside, Anambra, where 27 percent reside and Enugu, where 14 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Nweze Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

Nweze earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.18% less than the national average, earning $36,169 USD per year.

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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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  • 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 Nweze
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