Nyiwe Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Nyiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nyiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyiwe is found most in The DR Congo. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyiwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,273,756th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyiwe are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 91 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 1,191,606. Aside from The DR Congo it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyiwet | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nyiwuhe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Nyihwer | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nyewe | 80 | 347 | / |
| Nyiwa | 80 | 239 | / |
| Njiwe | 80 | 58 | / |
| Nyiwi | 80 | 53 | / |
| Nyibe | 80 | 44 | / |
| Nyive | 80 | 17 | / |
| Niiwe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nieweś | 73 | 45 | / |
| Nnyibe | 73 | 32 | / |
| Njiswe | 73 | 9 | / |
| Nyihwa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Nyibeh | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nnyewe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nyiwai | 73 | 5 | / |
| Njiwie | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nyaiwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Niewei | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nyives | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gniewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njaywe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Niewes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njiweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njiewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyewge | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyiewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyoive | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyesweh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nyiewua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngiewei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gniewer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Njiwoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngieweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyihuhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyisuer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njeiwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyayweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyeswea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niewets | 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 Nyiwe
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