Onwe Surname
Approximately 76,007 people bear this surname
Onwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 75,657 | 1:2,341 | 308 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| United States | 34 | 1:10,660,557 | 428,392 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Onwe (2,712) may also be a first name.
Onwe Demographics
Onwe Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Onwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onwe has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,476th most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 95,880 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onwe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onwe is also the 140,579th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 2,712 people.
Onwe is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 75,657 people, or 1 in 2,341. In Nigeria Onwe is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 46 percent are found, Anambra, where 27 percent are found and Enugu, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Onwe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Onwe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Onwe surname grew 1,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Onwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Onwe last name is chiefly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
Onwe earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.9% less than the national average, earning $40,170 USD per year.
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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 Onwe
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