Nwikwe Surname
Approximately 341 people bear this surname
Nwikwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 340 | 1:521,008 | 25,723 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nwikwe (28) may also be a first name.
Nwikwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwikwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwikwe is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwikwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 816,514th most widespread last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 21,371,102 people. The surname Nwikwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwikwe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 28 people.
Nwikwe is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 521,008. In Nigeria Nwikwe is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 84 percent live, Oyo, where 4 percent live and Benue, where 3 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaikwe | 92 | 15 | / |
| Nwigwe | 83 | 12,986 | / |
| Nwekwe | 83 | 396 | / |
| Nwikue | 83 | 29 | / |
| Nwikwa | 83 | 15 | / |
| Nwukwe | 83 | 13 | / |
| Nwiqwe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nwaikw | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaigwe | 77 | 8,946 | / |
| Nweigwe | 77 | 54 | / |
| Nwigwee | 77 | 7 | / |
| Nwuigwe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nweakwe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nwigwie | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nwhigwe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nwekwue | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nwoigwe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwigwue | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nnwigwe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nwaikwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwikwoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nnwukwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwezkwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwiegwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwekwei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwigwei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwekw | 73 | 146 | / |
| Nnwaigwe | 71 | 6 | / |
| Nwaigwwe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nwaigwee | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nwaighwe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nnwuekwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwaigewe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwheigwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwekwi | 67 | 79 | / |
| Nwegwe | 67 | 54 | / |
| Nwukwi | 67 | 18 | / |
| Nwigwa | 67 | 18 | / |
| Nbekwe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nbigwe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nuigwe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwahaigwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwugwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwekwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mvikwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwigue | 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 Nwikwe
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