Nyenwe Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Nyenwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 124 | 1:1,428,571 | 55,237 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nyenwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyenwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyenwe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyenwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,527,735th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. Nyenwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Nyenwe reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 1,428,571. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 85 percent live, Bayelsa, where 6 percent live and Niger, where 5 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nnyenwe | 92 | 15 | / |
| Nyenweh | 92 | 6 | / |
| Nyienwe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nyewe | 91 | 347 | / |
| Nyesnweh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nyenwa | 83 | 231 | / |
| Njenwe | 83 | 20 | / |
| Nyemwe | 83 | 17 | / |
| Nyenbe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nyenue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Njenwie | 77 | 145 | / |
| Njenwei | 77 | 126 | / |
| Nyenwai | 77 | 28 | / |
| Nyenway | 77 | 16 | / |
| Nyienwa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ngnenwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njenwee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyenbeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyawe | 73 | 316 | / |
| Nyewa | 73 | 79 | / |
| Njeinwie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njeinwei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyembe | 67 | 20,530 | / |
| Ngenue | 67 | 172 | / |
| Njenwa | 67 | 129 | / |
| Njenwi | 67 | 72 | / |
| Nyeway | 67 | 8 | / |
| Njenue | 67 | 7 | / |
| Njinwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Njemwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nyinwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyimwe | 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 Nyenwe
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