Onwuameze Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Onwuameze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Onwuameze (11) may also be a first name.
Onwuameze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onwuameze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onwuameze is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onwuameze? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,628,521st most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname Onwuameze occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Onwuameze are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onwuameze is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 11 people.
The surname Onwuameze is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 1,488,595. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 24 percent live, Delta, where 23 percent live and Lagos, where 18 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onwuamaeze | 95 | 957 | / |
| Onwuamheze | 95 | 1 | / |
| Onwameze | 94 | 22 | / |
| Onuameze | 94 | 1 | / |
| Onwuhamaeze | 90 | 2 | / |
| Onwuamaezeh | 90 | 1 | / |
| Onwamaeze | 89 | 41 | / |
| Onwuamaze | 89 | 22 | / |
| Onuamaeze | 89 | 4 | / |
| Onwamieze | 89 | 1 | / |
| Onwuomoeze | 84 | 1 | / |
| Onwuomaeze | 84 | 1 | / |
| Onwamezi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Anwameze | 82 | 1 | / |
| Onwuamesi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Onuomazih | 56 | 3 | / |
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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 Onwuameze
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