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
The last name Onawa has its highest incidence in Japan. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 620,716th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,722,315 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Onawa are found; 83 percent are found in East Asia and 83 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Onawa is also the 864,112th most prevalent given name world-wide, held by 117 people.
Onawa is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 409 people, or 1 in 312,578. In Japan Onawa is most common in: Ibaraki Prefecture, where 53 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 16 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 12 percent are found. Beside Japan it 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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