Onwo Surname
Approximately 1,480 people bear this surname
Onwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,468 | 1:120,669 | 7,964 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Onwo (27) may also be a first name.
Onwo Demographics
Average Onwo Salary in
South Africa
R 236,748
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Onwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onwo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Onwo.
How Common Is The Last Name Onwo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 264,506th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 4,924,018 people. The surname Onwo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onwo reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used given name in the world It is held by 27 people.
The last name Onwo is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,468 people, or 1 in 120,669. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Enugu, where 60 percent reside, Delta, where 19 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Onwo exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Onwo Last Name Statistics demography
Onwo earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 0.37% less than the national average, earning R 236,748 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onwoh | 89 | 198 | / |
| Onwuo | 89 | 5 | / |
| Onwod | 89 | 3 | / |
| Ounwo | 89 | 2 | / |
| Onwoa | 89 | 2 | / |
| Oonwo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Onwho | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ounwoh | 80 | 9 | / |
| Osinwo | 80 | 5 | / |
| Oinewo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Osenwo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Otinwo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gonwuo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onwuho | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hounwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gonwou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onwa | 75 | 1,401 | / |
| Anwo | 75 | 1,245 | / |
| Onbo | 75 | 205 | / |
| Enwo | 75 | 193 | / |
| Onvo | 75 | 29 | / |
| Onuo | 75 | 15 | / |
| Unwo | 75 | 9 | / |
| Omwo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Onwuoha | 73 | 7 | / |
| Honvo | 67 | 2,230 | / |
| Honbo | 67 | 1,723 | / |
| Onwah | 67 | 266 | / |
| Anwoh | 67 | 89 | / |
| Enwoh | 67 | 73 | / |
| Ounwa | 67 | 49 | / |
| Enwou | 67 | 46 | / |
| Anhwo | 67 | 33 | / |
| Onwha | 67 | 30 | / |
| Anwoo | 67 | 29 | / |
| Ounvo | 67 | 25 | / |
| Onwua | 67 | 17 | / |
| Honwa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gonvo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Onuoa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Onuho | 67 | 6 | / |
| Oinbo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hunwo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Aunwo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Unwos | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hanwo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oynbo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Onwas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oinwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Onvoa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Anwoj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Onwwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gonuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Honuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onboh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uonbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onvoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oenwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouchenwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onboo | 67 | 1 | / |
| O'Nbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anwoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ounbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omwoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onboy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Enwoy | 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 Onwo
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis