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
Average Onwe Salary in
United States
$40,170 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Onwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onwe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onwe? popularity and diffusion
Onwe is the 7,476th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 95,880 people. The surname Onwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Onwe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 140,579th most common forename world-wide. It is borne by 2,712 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 75,657 people, or 1 in 2,341. In Nigeria Onwe is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 46 percent reside, Anambra, where 27 percent reside and Enugu, where 9 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Onwe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Onwe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Onwe last name grew 1,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Onwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname 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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