Onuwuka Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Onuwuka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Onuwuka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onuwuka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onuwuka is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Onuwuka.
How Common Is The Last Name Onuwuka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,432,070th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Onuwuka are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Onuwuka is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Onuwuka is most numerous in: Abia, where 30 percent live, Lagos, where 22 percent live and Rivers, where 22 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 12 percent live and England, where 6 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 Onuwuka
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