Wigwe Surname
Approximately 478 people bear this surname
Wigwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 438 | 1:404,436 | 21,183 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Wigwe (37) may also be a first name.
Wigwe Demographics
Average Wigwe Salary in
United States
$34,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wigwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wigwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wigwe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wigwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Wigwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wigwe is the 637,196th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 15,245,912 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Wigwe reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wigwe is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 37 people.
Wigwe is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 438 people, or 1 in 404,436. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 69 percent live, Abia, where 13 percent live and Lagos, where 4 percent live. Not including Nigeria Wigwe exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Wigwe Last Name Statistics demography
Wigwe earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.
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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 Wigwe
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