Wigwe Surname

637,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 478 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Wigwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wigwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4381:404,43621,183
England241:2,321,58686,519
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
China21:683,660,78330,601
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Wigwe (37) may also be a first name.

Wigwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wigwe is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wigwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 637,196th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 15,245,912 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Wigwe are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wigwe is also the 1,688,769th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 37 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 438 people, or 1 in 404,436. In Nigeria Wigwe is primarily found in: Rivers, where 69 percent are found, Abia, where 13 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Wigwe is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waigwe91927/
Wigwer914/
Wighwe911/
Wigw891/
Wwaigwe831/
Wigbe8012/
Wigwa806/
Uigwe806/
Wikwe803/
Wegwe802/
Vigwe801/
Waigwa733,317/
Waigew7324/
Bigweh7322/
Weigue7322/
Wiegue7310/
Waigbe731/
Biggwe731/
Waikwe731/
Whaigbe673/
Wegw672/
Wiggbee671/
Waikwet671/
Woingue671/

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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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