Onunwa Surname
Approximately 736 people bear this surname
Onunwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 720 | 1:246,032 | 14,240 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Saint Lucia | 3 | 1:59,594 | 2,472 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Onunwa (20) may also be a first name.
Onunwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onunwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onunwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Onunwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 459,064th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 9,901,557 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Onunwa are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onunwa is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 20 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 720 people, or 1 in 246,032. In Nigeria Onunwa is primarily found in: Rivers, where 23 percent live, Lagos, where 21 percent live and Abia, where 21 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onunwah | 92 | 6 | / |
| Oinhunwa | 86 | 3 | / |
| Onunwaja | 86 | 1 | / |
| Enunwa | 83 | 380 | / |
| Anunwa | 83 | 174 | / |
| Onunwo | 83 | 101 | / |
| Onunwe | 83 | 7 | / |
| Onumwa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Onunba | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ononwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ununwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ounhounwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Enunwah | 77 | 65 | / |
| Anunwah | 77 | 19 | / |
| Onunwge | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ahanunwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onumba | 67 | 579 | / |
| Anonwa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Anunba | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ononwi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ononwe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Anunua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Enunwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ononwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Anumwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anunwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onuchinwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anonua | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Onunwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis