Onwuanyi Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onwuanyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onwuanyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria781:2,271,06176,915
United States81:45,307,367917,113
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Onwuanyi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onwuanyi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onwuanyi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,007,164th most commonly held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Onwuanyi live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Onwuanyi is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 2,271,061. In Nigeria Onwuanyi is most frequent in: Lagos, where 36 percent reside, Delta, where 21 percent reside and Abia, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onwanyi9336/
Onwuani9315/
Onwani866/
Onuani861/
Onwany861/
Onwuanish821/
Honwani80578/
Onwuana8073/
Anwanyi809/
Omwanyi807/
Onwangi806/
Unwanyi801/
Hon'wani753/
Anwani71271/
Onwana7144/
Omwany7137/
Onvani7125/
Enwani7117/
Onwane7116/
Anuani719/
Unwani717/
Onnuamnoi716/
Enwany715/
Oonwanich711/
Onvany711/
Onuana711/
Onwannaya711/
Onwuannna711/
Honwana6731,818/
Onwanna67360/
Honwane6734/
Omwonyi6724/
Onwanne678/
Unwanit678/
Unvuani674/
Hunwani673/
Ombanyi672/
Omweani672/
Aanwani671/
Amwanyi671/
Unweani671/
Anwangi671/
Onwuone671/
Anwaini671/
Honbani671/
Onuhana671/
Enwanai671/
Gonwane671/

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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 Onwuanyi
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