Nywe Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Nywe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nywe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nywe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nywe is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nywe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nywe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nywe is the 4,908,606th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Nywe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Nywe are found; 81 percent are found in Central Africa and 81 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon Nywe is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 86 percent reside, Adamawa Region, where 7 percent reside and Centre Region, where 7 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent reside and Thailand, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neywe | 89 | 11 | / |
| Nyweh | 89 | 3 | / |
| Nywee | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nywer | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nyowei | 80 | 6 | / |
| Nyowey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngaywe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Naywee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyweah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Newe | 75 | 1,038 | / |
| Njwe | 75 | 332 | / |
| Niwe | 75 | 105 | / |
| Nywa | 75 | 24 | / |
| Nyve | 75 | 12 | / |
| Näwe | 75 | 8 | / |
| Nybe | 75 | 7 | / |
| Nywj | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nywy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Neyw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nhwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Noyweer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyowheh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Noywech | 73 | 1 | / |
| Newey | 67 | 3,926 | / |
| Nayve | 67 | 2,279 | / |
| Naybe | 67 | 298 | / |
| Nyoue | 67 | 155 | / |
| Nybøe | 67 | 100 | / |
| Nnewe | 67 | 99 | / |
| Nyove | 67 | 58 | / |
| Njwie | 67 | 53 | / |
| Nhewe | 67 | 42 | / |
| Neweś | 67 | 41 | / |
| Newie | 67 | 38 | / |
| Nayue | 67 | 24 | / |
| Naiwe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Naywa | 67 | 21 | / |
| Neweh | 67 | 20 | / |
| Njwee | 67 | 14 | / |
| Neweu | 67 | 13 | / |
| Niwei | 67 | 10 | / |
| Niewe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Neewe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Näwie | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gnewe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Neuwe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Newea | 67 | 5 | / |
| Neiwe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Neyve | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gniwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Newez | 67 | 3 | / |
| Neawe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Njweh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Newei | 67 | 3 | / |
| Njwei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nyver | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niwge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nysue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niwey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niwee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Newwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noyue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niwea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noywa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuyue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nywai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Najwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nihwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njweu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyvea | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Nywe
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