Nyekwere Surname

993,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nyekwere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nyekwere Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2501:708,57132,605
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581

Nyekwere (18) may also be a first name.

Nyekwere Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nyekwere Come From? nationality or country of origin

Nyekwere is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyekwere? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 993,593rd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. The last name Nyekwere occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyekwere reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nyekwere is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 18 people.

The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 250 people, or 1 in 708,571. In Nigeria Nyekwere is primarily found in: Rivers, where 87 percent live, Bauchi, where 8 percent live and Abia, where 2 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nnyekwere941/
Nyekwerre941/
Nyakwera75524/
Nyangwere712/
Nyekuira631/
Nyangwire5912/
Nyangwera592/
Nyankwira591/
Nyangware591/
Nyinkuhire561/

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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 Nyekwere
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