Onwuchekwa Surname

75,339th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onwuchekwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onwuchekwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6,0301:29,3772,472
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
United States1131:3,207,601184,423
England601:928,63447,428
Liberia101:440,85421,753
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Onwuchekwa (818) may also be a first name.

Onwuchekwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onwuchekwa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onwuchekwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Onwuchekwa is the 75,339th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,118,580 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Onwuchekwa are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 285,768th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 818 people.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 6,030 people, or 1 in 29,377. In Nigeria Onwuchekwa is most prevalent in: Abia, where 53 percent live, Rivers, where 10 percent live and Enugu, where 9 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Onwuchekwa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Onwuchekwa surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% being registered with the political party.

Onwuchekwa earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.39% more than the national average, earning $54,534 USD per year.

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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 Onwuchekwa
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