Onwaeze Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onwaeze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onwaeze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1351:1,312,16951,890
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England11:55,718,059489,080

Onwaeze Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onwaeze is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onwaeze? popularity and diffusion

Onwaeze is the 1,478,479th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name Onwaeze occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Onwaeze reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 1,312,169. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 55 percent reside, Lagos, where 19 percent reside and Edo, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onweze9283/
Onwueze8668/
Onwezeh8648/
Onwoeze8610/
Onwaezi863/
Onweeze861/
Onvaeze861/
Ounweze861/
Onwezie861/
Onwaeje861/
Onuhaeze801/
Onueze77117/
Enweze7740/
Onwezi772/
Onwazi771/
Onwesie713/
Onwazie712/
Enwezie712/
Anwaeje711/
Annweze711/
Onwuesie6726/
Ãwaze671/

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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
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  • 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 Onwaeze
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