Onenwa Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Onenwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
Onenwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onenwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onenwa is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onenwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Onenwa is the 5,057,639th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onenwa are found; 67 percent are found in East Africa and 53 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 3,903,928. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Kampala District, where 40 percent are found, Masindi District, where 20 percent are found and Zombo District, where 20 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 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 Onenwa
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