Onweni Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Onweni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onweni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria791:2,242,31376,227
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Onweni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onweni occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Onweni? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,994,173rd most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. Onweni is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Onweni live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Onweni is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 2,242,313. In Nigeria Onweni is mostly found in: Rivers, where 38 percent live, Abia, where 16 percent live and Bayelsa, where 9 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ounweni921/
Onwenyi921/
Onwuenyi8622/
Hounweni863/
Onwene83127/
Onwini8313/
Omweni836/
Onveni834/
Onweny832/
Onwena832/
Onwinyi7787/
Onwiene7715/
Honwene778/
Onwuene774/
Anwenyi772/
Omweani772/
Omwenyi772/
Oumweni771/
Onwuena771/
Onwenje771/
Onveini771/
Onwuinyi713/
Omwene67395/
Anveni6772/
Onwine673/
Anwena672/
Onuene672/
Onvini671/
Anwene671/
Anweanieh671/
Hounvegni671/

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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 Onweni
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