Onweh Surname
Approximately 435 people bear this surname
Onweh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 431 | 1:411,004 | 21,432 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Onweh (12) may also be a first name.
Onweh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onweh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onweh is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Onweh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 683,026th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,752,979 people. Onweh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Onweh reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onweh is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 431 people, or 1 in 411,004. In Nigeria Onweh is primarily found in: Delta, where 16 percent live, Enugu, where 15 percent live and Ebonyi, where 14 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onwueh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Onwech | 91 | 1 | / |
| Onwe | 89 | 76,007 | / |
| Onwuehe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Anweh | 80 | 97 | / |
| Enweh | 80 | 87 | / |
| Onwha | 80 | 30 | / |
| Onwih | 80 | 14 | / |
| Onveh | 80 | 10 | / |
| Onwue | 80 | 9 | / |
| Onwed | 80 | 4 | / |
| Onwie | 80 | 4 | / |
| Onueh | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ounwe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Onwhe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Onwea | 80 | 2 | / |
| Onwee | 80 | 2 | / |
| Onwes | 80 | 2 | / |
| Onwei | 80 | 2 | / |
| Honwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ohnwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ojnwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Omweh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onwwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onnwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oinwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hounwe | 73 | 9 | / |
| Anwech | 73 | 8 | / |
| Onuehe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Onwhaa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Henweh | 73 | 5 | / |
| Gonnwe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gonwee | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gonwea | 73 | 2 | / |
| Onwaha | 73 | 2 | / |
| Osinwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Osenwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Onnwhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Onuech | 73 | 1 | / |
| Honwei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Honwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Onwuey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ganweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Onwuhi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Onueha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Onnweu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Anweth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Enwieh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Onwa | 67 | 1,401 | / |
| Enwe | 67 | 975 | / |
| Onwueyi | 67 | 620 | / |
| Anwe | 67 | 612 | / |
| Onwi | 67 | 403 | / |
| Omwe | 67 | 57 | / |
| Onue | 67 | 50 | / |
| Onbe | 67 | 33 | / |
| Onwuhai | 67 | 28 | / |
| Onve | 67 | 15 | / |
| Onwuoha | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hounwhi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Onwuije | 67 | 6 | / |
| Onwy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ochenwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Homwech | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hannweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Annwieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gahnweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Honveuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osennwe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Onweh
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