Onwezen Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Onwezen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onwezen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1581:106,88117,196
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Onwezen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onwezen is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onwezen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,353,468th most numerous surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Onwezen reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Onwezen is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 158 people, or 1 in 106,881. In The Netherlands Onwezen is primarily concentrated in: Utrecht, where 63 percent live, North Holland, where 13 percent live and North Brabant, where 6 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live and Turkey, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onwezim711/
Onweson711/
Onueijen672/
Anweezan671/
Hounwizan631/
Onwijn6274/
Ahanwezoun591/
Onuezim5715/
Anwesan571/
Onwichan5355/
Anvedsen5326/
Anhuizen5310/
Anwedson530/
Aanhuizen5095/
Eenhuizen5057/
Osemwegin501/
Hounvesin501/

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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 Onwezen
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