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 found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onweh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 683,026th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,752,979 people. This surname 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 commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 12 people.
The last name Onweh is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 431 people, or 1 in 411,004. In Nigeria Onweh is most common in: Delta, where 16 percent reside, Enugu, where 15 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 14 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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