Onukwuire Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Onukwuire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
Onukwuire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onukwuire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onukwuire is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onukwuire? popularity and diffusion
The surname Onukwuire is the 4,772,636th most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Onukwuire reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Onukwuire is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Onukwuire is most frequent in: Ogun, where 60 percent are found, Abia, where 30 percent are found and Rivers, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 41 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onukwuiri | 89 | 4 | / |
| Onukwuri | 82 | 18 | / |
| Onukwiri | 82 | 11 | / |
| Onukwere | 82 | 1 | / |
| Onuekwere | 78 | 1 | / |
| Onukwuhor | 78 | 1 | / |
| Onukwor | 75 | 11 | / |
| Onykwere | 71 | 61 | / |
| Onugwiri | 71 | 3 | / |
| Enugwure | 71 | 2 | / |
| Onikwere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Enughwure | 67 | 217 | / |
| Onokwor | 63 | 15 | / |
| Onoghwaire | 63 | 11 | / |
| Anokwur | 63 | 2 | / |
| Onugwor | 63 | 1 | / |
| Anikwere | 59 | 2 | / |
| Anugware | 59 | 1 | / |
| Anokwore | 59 | 1 | / |
| Anokwura | 59 | 1 | / |
| Aniekwere | 56 | 3 | / |
| Unuiguere | 56 | 1 | / |
| Anugwor | 50 | 31 | / |
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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 Onukwuire
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