Omenwa Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Omenwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 127 | 1:1,394,825 | 54,286 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Omenwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omenwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Omenwa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omenwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,581,912th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. Omenwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Omenwa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Omenwa is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 1,394,825. In Nigeria Omenwa is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 31 percent are found, Abia, where 17 percent are found and Kogi, where 13 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Omenwa is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omenwah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Omennwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Omeinwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Umenwa | 83 | 543 | / |
| Emenwa | 83 | 7 | / |
| Omenwo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Omenua | 83 | 1 | / |
| Omnwah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ominwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Umennwa | 77 | 26 | / |
| Umehnwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Houmnwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omenuah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Emeenwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hemenway | 71 | 3,722 | / |
| Hamenway | 71 | 0 | / |
| Emmenway | 71 | 0 | / |
| Hemmenway | 67 | 150 | / |
| Umenwo | 67 | 99 | / |
| Omemba | 67 | 55 | / |
| Gamnwa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Umemwa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Emenua | 67 | 6 | / |
| Aminwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Omenuo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Umenba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eminwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amenwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omenbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ominua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Homenwood | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hummenway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Omenwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis