Onwoke Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Onwoke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 156 | 1:1,135,530 | 46,612 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Onwoke (38) may also be a first name.
Onwoke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onwoke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onwoke is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Onwoke.
How Common Is The Last Name Onwoke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,391,595th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The surname Onwoke occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Onwoke reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 38 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 156 people, or 1 in 1,135,530. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 66 percent are found, Oyo, where 7 percent are found and Kwara, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onwuoke | 92 | 3 | / |
| Onwok | 91 | 28 | / |
| Gonwokeh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Onwuke | 83 | 92 | / |
| Onwoka | 83 | 42 | / |
| Unwoke | 83 | 28 | / |
| Onweke | 83 | 26 | / |
| Enwoke | 83 | 4 | / |
| Onuoke | 83 | 4 | / |
| Anwoke | 83 | 3 | / |
| Onwoki | 83 | 1 | / |
| Onwake | 83 | 0 | / |
| Onwoche | 77 | 27 | / |
| Eunwoke | 77 | 20 | / |
| Onwueke | 77 | 17 | / |
| Eenwoke | 77 | 6 | / |
| Onwuike | 77 | 5 | / |
| Onwukeu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Onwuoka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onwukee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oynweke | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omwok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Onwochei | 71 | 1,226 | / |
| Hounwake | 71 | 45 | / |
| Hounweke | 71 | 12 | / |
| Oynewuke | 71 | 3 | / |
| Onwuekeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gonwokai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onwuka | 67 | 50,640 | / |
| Omwake | 67 | 42 | / |
| Onuoka | 67 | 38 | / |
| Onwaka | 67 | 20 | / |
| Anuoke | 67 | 9 | / |
| Achinwoke | 67 | 9 | / |
| Enweke | 67 | 8 | / |
| Unwoka | 67 | 6 | / |
| Unuoke | 67 | 5 | / |
| Anweke | 67 | 3 | / |
| Onwaki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onuock | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onueke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onwoichei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onwoochei | 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 Onwoke
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