Onwuachu Surname

469,321st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 716 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onwuachu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onwuachu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6851:258,60314,879
England131:4,286,005132,302
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Onwuachu (11) may also be a first name.

Onwuachu Last Name Facts

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

Onwuachu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Onwuachu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onwuachu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Onwuachu is the 469,321st most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 10,178,137 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Onwuachu are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onwuachu is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used forename internationally It is held by 11 people.

The last name Onwuachu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 685 people, or 1 in 258,603. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 22 percent reside, Delta, where 15 percent reside and Abia, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ounwuachu941/
Onuachu93147/
Onwachu9328/
Onwuacu931/
Onwauchu889/
Onwhachu881/
Onwvachu881/
Onwuazu8017/
Onuochu801/
Onwuasu801/
Onuaju7188/
Onuazu711/
Umbachu674/
Omwochu671/

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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 Onwuachu
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