Onwuegbu Surname

255,938th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,541 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onwuegbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onwuegbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,4981:118,2537,819
United States331:10,983,604436,696
England61:9,286,343223,652
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Onwuegbu (80) may also be a first name.

Onwuegbu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onwuegbu occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onwuegbu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 255,938th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,729,102 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Onwuegbu reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onwuegbu is also the 1,075,395th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 80 people.

The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,498 people, or 1 in 118,253. In Nigeria Onwuegbu is most frequent in: Abia, where 38 percent are found, Enugu, where 17 percent are found and Rivers, where 10 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Onwuegbu Last Name Statistics demography

Onwuegbu earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.5% less than the national average, earning $28,692 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onuegbu936,842/
Onwegbu9389/
Onwugbu9316/
Onwuegbust894/
Onwuegbuch893/
Onwuegbuha891/
Onwuegbuis891/
Ounwegbu883/
Omwuegbu883/
Oonuegbu883/
Onwaegbu882/
Onnuegbu881/
Onouegbu881/
Onuegbeu881/
Onweugbu881/
Onueygbu881/
Anwuegbu881/
Onwegbuis821/
Unuegbu8024/
Onuigbu8016/
Onvegbu803/
Anuegbu801/
Anwaegbu7552/
Onuigbus753/
Eenwegbu751/

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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 Onwuegbu
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