Onwuemeli Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Onwuemeli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Onwuemeli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onwuemeli Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onwuemeli is found most in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onwuemeli? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,628,521st most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname Onwuemeli is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Onwuemeli reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Onwuemeli is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 120 people, or 1 in 1,476,190. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 36 percent reside, Lagos, where 33 percent reside and Niger, where 13 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Onwuemeli exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onwuemelie | 95 | 182 | / |
| Onwuemelia | 95 | 5 | / |
| Onwumeli | 94 | 5 | / |
| Onwemeli | 94 | 3 | / |
| Onwuemele | 89 | 110 | / |
| Onwemelie | 89 | 3 | / |
| Onwuemilie | 84 | 1 | / |
| Onwumele | 82 | 18 | / |
| Onwemele | 82 | 2 | / |
| Anwamalai | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Onwuemeli
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