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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onowa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,020,242nd most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,385,266 people. Onowa is mostly found 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 numerous forename on earth, borne by 91 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 216 people, or 1 in 820,105. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 31 percent are found, Kogi, where 18 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 15 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
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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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