Onwuemeka Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Onwuemeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
Onwuemeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onwuemeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onwuemeka is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Onwuemeka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onwuemeka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Onwuemeka is the 2,414,640th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Onwuemeka live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Onwuemeka is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 3,342,316. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 30 percent are found, Lagos, where 30 percent are found and Enugu, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent are found.
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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 Onwuemeka
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