Onwa Surname
Approximately 1,401 people bear this surname
Onwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,368 | 1:129,490 | 8,445 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Onwa (362) may also be a first name.
Onwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onwa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Onwa is the 276,726th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,201,674 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Onwa live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 457,558th most frequent forename throughout the world, borne by 362 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,368 people, or 1 in 129,490. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 27 percent reside, Enugu, where 21 percent reside and Delta, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 19 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Scotland, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Onwa
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