Onogwu Surname

194,964th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onogwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onogwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,1361:82,9325,857
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Onogwu (163) may also be a first name.

Onogwu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onogwu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onogwu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 194,964th most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,383,262 people. The last name Onogwu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Onogwu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onogwu is also the 717,791st most widespread first name in the world It is held by 163 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,136 people, or 1 in 82,932. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 39 percent reside, Kogi, where 18 percent reside and Enugu, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Onogwu exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Onogwu Last Name Statistics demography

Onogwu earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onuogwu9236/
Onougwu921/
Unogwu833,477/
Onugwu832,023/
Onokwu8341/
Enogwu8338/
Onogbu8312/
Onegwu832/
Anogwu831/
Onagwu831/
Onuokwu7728/
Onuogbu7727/
Anuogwu7720/
Unoogwu7713/
Aunogwu774/
Unuogwu774/
Onugwuh774/
Unongwu774/
Onangwu774/
Onhagwu773/
Uonugwu773/
Onoogbu773/
Enoegwu773/
Ounegwu771/
Onuugwu771/
Onuigwu771/
Unoghwu771/
Onogbou771/
Omnagwu771/
Unougwu771/
Anongwu771/
Onukwu67587/
Anokwu67553/
Anagwu67358/
Unagwu67284/
Onugbu6781/
Enegwu6765/
Anugwu6732/
Unugwu6718/
Anegwu679/
Enagwu673/
Onekwu671/
Unokwu671/
Onagbu671/

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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 Onogwu
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis