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
Onwe is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Onwe is the 7,476th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 95,880 people. The surname 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. Onwe is also the 140,579th most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 2,712 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 75,657 people, or 1 in 2,341. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ebonyi, where 46 percent live, Anambra, where 27 percent live and Enugu, where 9 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Onwe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Onwe has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Onwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing 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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