Onewa Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Onewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Ivory Coast51:4,614,24651,139
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Onewa (17) may also be a first name.

Onewa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Onewa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Onewa is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Onewa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onewa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,034,050th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Onewa live; 67 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 17 people.

The surname Onewa is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Northern, where 75 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 19 percent live and Central, where 6 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 21 percent live and Uganda, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oneway9126/
Ognewa9110/
Ongewa912/
Ounewa911/
Gonewai83378/
Ohnewas8327/
Anewa801,393/
Onawa80495/
Oniwa80178/
Onewo80132/
Onewe8046/
Enewa8019/
Oneva8017/
Unewa8012/
Onywa8012/
Oneba805/
Onewy801/
Ogneva739,524/
Onieva732,020/
Ohneva73808/
Goneva73332/
Onaeva73115/
Onoeva73102/
Hanewa7382/
Oneabi7320/
Honewe7316/
Honawa7314/
Onevai7313/
Henewa7313/
Eneuwa7310/
Oneeva739/
Oneabo737/
Ooniwa737/
Gonjwa737/
Honeva735/
Onowah734/
Onawah734/
Eneway734/
Onawai733/
Onewei733/
Onowua733/
Annewa733/
Honiwa733/
Enewea732/
Oniowa732/
Oinewo732/
Onaiwa732/
Omneva731/
Oneiba731/
Onoway731/
Osneva731/
Agnewa731/
Anewad731/
Onowaa731/
Omniwa731/
Onawha731/
Onibea731/
Oneywe731/
Honeba731/
Honewo731/
Ungewa731/
Aniewa731/
Aneiwa731/
Anewah731/
Aneewa731/
Onowai731/
Oniwau731/
Ongewo731/
Onaway730/
Ganhewa67972/
Henewaa67835/
Hangewa67234/
Goneeva6761/
Honoway6757/
Ogneeva6725/
Gouneva6719/
Hongeva6714/
Honeeva6712/
Annewad677/
Annaewa674/
Ohneeva672/
O'Nevai671/
Ounaway671/
Oneouha671/
Honevad671/
Ganeway671/
Gonevau671/
Onejuah671/
Hanaewa671/
Onahawa671/
Onoiwua671/
Hoineba671/
Henewea671/
Heniewa671/
Ongnewo671/
Ohniwas671/
Ognevas671/
Ognewoy671/
Haniewa671/
Haneiwa671/
Hannewa671/
Gouniwa671/
Gooneva671/
Gannewa671/
Aneewua671/
Gaanewa671/
Onnebau671/
Honaway670/
Haneway670/
Heneway670/

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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
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  • 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 Onewa
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