Onweli Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onweli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onweli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria811:2,186,94874,923
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Onweli Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Onweli Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Onweli is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onweli? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,075,631st most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onweli are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 2,186,948. In Nigeria Onweli is primarily found in: Delta, where 53 percent live, Lagos, where 21 percent live and Ondo, where 10 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onwueli922/
Onwele8359/
Omweli837/
Onwali832/
Onwoli831/
Enweli831/
Onwilai7776/
Onwuele7710/
Ounwili773/
Onwilli771/
Onvelli771/
Onwalie771/
Onweiler7131/
Onwuayli711/
Onwuaali711/
Ounwilli711/
Hounwele711/
Omwele67151/
Ombeli67130/
Anwali6757/
Onuele6755/
Anwele6733/
Anwili6714/
Enwele6713/
Enwali6710/
Anbeli672/
Onbele672/
Ohnweiler672/
Ottnweler672/
Anwoli672/
Unwela671/
Hoonwilai671/
Anwela671/
Unwele671/
Anveli671/
Enveli671/
Honweiler671/

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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
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  • 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 Onweli
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