Nwiigwe Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Nwiigwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwiigwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwiigwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwiigwe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwiigwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nwiigwe is the 10,311,814th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Nwiigwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Nwiigwe are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Nasarawa, where 50 percent are found and Rivers, where 50 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent are found.
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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 Nwiigwe
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