Nziwe Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nziwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nziwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon381:546,55442,843
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Nziwe Last Name Facts

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

Nziwe is found most in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Nziwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nziwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,979,664th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nziwe live; 91 percent live in Central Africa and 91 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 546,554. In Cameroon Nziwe is most common in: Littoral Region, where 95 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 3 percent are found and South Region, where 3 percent are found. Other than Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ndziwe915/
Nziw893/
Nziwoue831/
Nzeiweu831/
Nzive80494/
Nziwa80429/
Nzibe80396/
Nzewe80201/
Njiwe8058/
Ngiwe809/
Nziwi807/
Nsiwe804/
Ndziwa7344/
Nziebi7321/
Ndzibe7314/
Njiswe739/
Nczibe739/
Nsiewe737/
Ngiewe735/
Ndzewe732/
Ntsiwe732/
Nzziwa732/
Ndjiwe732/
Nzeawe732/
Nchiwe731/
Njiweh731/
Nziebe731/
Nzoiwa731/
Ngiwer731/
Nzewue731/
Nzeibe731/
Nzewihe676/
Ndziewa675/
Nzechwe673/
Nzew672/
Ngiw672/
Ngiewei672/
Ndziebe671/
Njeiwei671/
Njiwoue671/
Ngieweh671/
Ndzewie671/

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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 Nziwe
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