Onawe Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Onawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Onawe (20) may also be a first name.
Onawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onawe has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Onawe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onawe? popularity and diffusion
Onawe is the 2,061,309th most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 54 percent of Onawe reside; 54 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 54 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Onawe is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 20 people.
The last name Onawe is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 181,194. In Papua New Guinea Onawe is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 98 percent are found and Chimbu, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and Uganda, where 16 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 Onawe
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