Ohenewa Surname

518,760th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 628 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Ohenewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ohenewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana6231:43,3724,874
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Ohenewa (739) may also be a first name.

Ohenewa Last Name Facts

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

Ohenewa is held by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ohenewa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ohenewa? popularity and diffusion

Ohenewa is the 518,760th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 11,604,372 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ohenewa reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ohenewa is also the 302,719th most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 739 people.

The surname Ohenewa is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is carried by 623 people, or 1 in 43,372. Aside from Ghana Ohenewa exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ohenewaa932,792/
Ohenewah93285/
Oheneway931/
Ohenewaah8810/
Haeniwa713/
Ohgenevo671/
Aeneva621/
Ohenovo571/
Ohinowo571/
Ehenava571/
Gaenewo571/
Ohineboh537/
Ahinawai533/
Oijenowo531/
Oayneaboy502/
Ojiemheva501/

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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 Ohenewa
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