Nwome Surname
Approximately 826 people bear this surname
Nwome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 809 | 1:218,965 | 12,953 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nwome (80) may also be a first name.
Nwome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwome Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nwome is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nwome click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwome? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 420,074th most common family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 8,822,695 people. Nwome is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwome are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwome is also the 1,075,395th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 80 people.
The surname Nwome is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 809 people, or 1 in 218,965. In Nigeria Nwome is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 80 percent reside, Enugu, where 7 percent reside and Cross River, where 3 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwomeh | 91 | 115 | / |
| Nwomie | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwom | 89 | 26 | / |
| Nweme | 80 | 496 | / |
| Nwoma | 80 | 372 | / |
| Nwume | 80 | 164 | / |
| Nwame | 80 | 150 | / |
| Nwomi | 80 | 26 | / |
| Nbome | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nwoum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwoom | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwaeme | 73 | 652 | / |
| Nwemeh | 73 | 113 | / |
| Nwumeh | 73 | 70 | / |
| Nwaume | 73 | 40 | / |
| N'Bome | 73 | 26 | / |
| Nwemea | 73 | 24 | / |
| Nwamee | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwameh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwuoma | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwomai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nnwoma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nnwame | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwomaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwamey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwouma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwam | 67 | 52 | / |
| Nuom | 67 | 33 | / |
| Nbom | 67 | 17 | / |
| Nwaemea | 67 | 16 | / |
| Nwaemeh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nwaumeh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwaemei | 67 | 3 | / |
| N'Bomme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnwomma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hnuhome | 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
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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 Nwome
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