Onwuemena Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Onwuemena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 167 | 1:1,060,735 | 44,297 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Onwuemena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onwuemena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onwuemena is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onwuemena? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,281,391st most frequent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Onwuemena live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Onwuemena is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 167 people, or 1 in 1,060,735. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 35 percent are found, Lagos, where 25 percent are found and Rivers, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onwuemenah | 95 | 1 | / |
| Onwemena | 94 | 3 | / |
| Onwuemene | 89 | 1,409 | / |
| Onwuemeni | 89 | 1 | / |
| Onwuemenyi | 84 | 172 | / |
| Onwuemenie | 84 | 6 | / |
| Onwemene | 82 | 32 | / |
| Onuemene | 82 | 2 | / |
| Enuemena | 82 | 2 | / |
| Onwumanna | 78 | 5 | / |
| Onwemenyi | 78 | 2 | / |
| Omwuemene | 78 | 1 | / |
| Omwuemenyi | 74 | 4 | / |
| Onwamanna | 67 | 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 Onwuemena
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