Onewo Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

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

Onewo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onewo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1181:1,501,21057,254
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Onewo Last Name Facts

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

Onewo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Onewo.

How Common Is The Last Name Onewo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,558,593rd most common family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Onewo are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 1,501,210. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kogi, where 28 percent live, Kano, where 24 percent live and Lagos, where 22 percent live. Beside Nigeria Onewo is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Oinewo912/
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Honewo911/
Ognewoy831/
Ongnewo831/
Onawo801,532/
Enewo80107/
Onowo8056/
Onebo8051/
Oniwo8047/
Onewa8024/
Onevo8016/
Anewo8010/
Honeywod776/
Honewood771/
Onohwo73174/
Onowho7364/
Aniewo7357/
Onaiwo7340/
Onowoh7315/
Ounebo7315/
Oneboy7312/
Onahwo7311/
Ognewa7310/
Honowo739/
Oneabo737/
Eniewo734/
Onnebo734/
Oniwoo733/
Ongewa732/
Angewo732/
Eneuwo732/
Onawoh732/
Gunewo731/
Onoevo731/
Onoiwo731/
Onowou731/
Anewou731/
Aneswo731/
Gonevo731/
Enewou731/
Ounewa731/
Honebo731/
Anewop731/
Onawho731/
Oneibo731/
Oniowo731/
Onaawo731/
Ohnevoi67192/
Ognevoy67172/
Gonyowo6757/
Ohnewas6727/
Gunewou6716/
Honeyuo679/
Gonevou674/
Hounebo672/
Honnebo672/
Onaiweo671/
Honeboy671/
Anechwo671/
Angewoh671/
Ognevoi671/
Ounnebo671/
Onishwo671/
Onniowo671/
Oneouha671/

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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
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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 Onewo
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