Ohiwerei Surname
Approximately 293 people bear this surname
Ohiwerei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 270 | 1:656,084 | 30,692 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Ohiwerei (13) may also be a first name.
Ohiwerei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ohiwerei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ohiwerei is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ohiwerei.
How Common Is The Last Name Ohiwerei? popularity and diffusion
Ohiwerei is the 908,336th most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 24,872,170 people. Ohiwerei occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Ohiwerei live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held forename in the world, borne by 13 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 270 people, or 1 in 656,084. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 37 percent reside, Lagos, where 17 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Ohiwerei
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