Nwomeh Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Nwomeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 91 | 1:1,946,624 | 68,955 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwomeh (10) may also be a first name.
Nwomeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwomeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwomeh is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwomeh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,701,480th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. Nwomeh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwomeh live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring forename globally. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 1,946,624. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 45 percent reside, Enugu, where 32 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nwomeh
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