Onawa Surname
Approximately 495 people bear this surname
Onawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 409 | 1:312,578 | 11,360 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Onawa (117) may also be a first name.
Onawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onawa is found most in Japan. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Onawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Onawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Onawa is the 620,716th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 14,722,315 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Onawa reside; 83 percent reside in East Asia and 83 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Onawa is also the 864,112th most frequently used first name globally, held by 117 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Japan, where it is held by 409 people, or 1 in 312,578. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Ibaraki Prefecture, where 53 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 16 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Japan this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Onawa
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