Oniwa Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Oniwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 68 | 1:1,880,063 | 27,024 |
| Nigeria | 59 | 1:3,002,420 | 93,371 |
| Brazil | 35 | 1:6,116,409 | 148,801 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Oniwa (11) may also be a first name.
Oniwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oniwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oniwa is carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oniwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,281,391st most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 39 percent of Oniwa reside; 38 percent reside in East Asia and 38 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Oniwa is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name globally, held by 11 people.
Oniwa is most numerous in Japan, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 1,880,063. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 71 percent reside, Shimane Prefecture, where 24 percent reside and Gifu Prefecture, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Japan it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside and Brazil, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Oniwa
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