Onungwa Surname

551,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 579 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onungwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onungwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5581:317,46017,497
United States121:30,204,911765,334
England71:7,959,723202,100
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Onungwa (24) may also be a first name.

Onungwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onungwa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onungwa? popularity and diffusion

Onungwa is the 551,387th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 12,586,435 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Onungwa live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onungwa is also the 2,187,323rd most common first name throughout the world, borne by 24 people.

The last name Onungwa is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 558 people, or 1 in 317,460. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 84 percent live, Lagos, where 5 percent live and Delta, where 3 percent live. Beside Nigeria Onungwa exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Onungwa Last Name Statistics demography

Onungwa earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 56.14% more than the national average, earning $67,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onungwua935/
Oonungwa932/
Onungwah931/
Onungwe86322/
Anungwa86162/
Onongwa863/
Onunkwa863/
Onungba861/
Onungwo861/
Anhungwa8028/
Onnongwa8017/
Anaungwa804/
Enunggwa801/
Angungwa801/
Onungwet801/
Anahungwa754/
Oonnongwa751/
Onunkwo712,050/
Onungbo71103/
Anongwa7162/
Anumgwa711/
Onunkwe711/
Anoungba6717/
Onoungbo6710/
Hunungwe671/
Hanongwa671/
Oneunkwe671/
Onunkwuo671/
Ounungui671/
Anaunkwa671/

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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 Onungwa
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