Onowa Surname
Approximately 248 people bear this surname
Onowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 216 | 1:820,105 | 36,398 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Onowa (91) may also be a first name.
Onowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onowa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,020,242nd most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 29,385,266 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Onowa are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 998,282nd most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 91 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 216 people, or 1 in 820,105. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 31 percent live, Kogi, where 18 percent live and Nasarawa, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
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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 Onowa
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