Onwuazo Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onwuazo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onwuazo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria601:2,952,37992,303
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England41:13,929,515290,718
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Onwuazo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onwuazo is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onwuazo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,220,661st most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Onwuazo are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 2,952,379. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 30 percent reside, Enugu, where 25 percent reside and Delta, where 18 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onwuazos931/
Onwuaso86672/
Onwaazo861/
Onwuozo861/
Onwuacho8013/
Onwaso7721/
Onuaso771/
Onwajo771/
Onwuasa715/
Omnuaso714/
Onwuoso713/
Onwuaja712/
Onweaso711/
Anwuaso711/
Onwausa711/
Onuacho711/
Onwuocha6749/
Onwuacha6713/
Ounbazou673/
Onwuasaa671/

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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 Onwuazo
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