Nwokem Surname
Approximately 293 people bear this surname
Nwokem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 284 | 1:623,742 | 29,581 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Nwokem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwokem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwokem is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwokem? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nwokem is the 908,336th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 24,872,170 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nwokem are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Nwokem is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 284 people, or 1 in 623,742. In Nigeria Nwokem is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 27 percent are found, Lagos, where 21 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 8 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Nwokem occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 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 Nwokem
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