Onwueyi Surname
Approximately 620 people bear this surname
Onwueyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 608 | 1:291,353 | 16,360 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Onwueyi (25) may also be a first name.
Onwueyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onwueyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onwueyi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onwueyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 523,789th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,754,106 people. The last name Onwueyi is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Onwueyi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onwueyi is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name internationally, held by 25 people.
The last name Onwueyi is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 608 people, or 1 in 291,353. In Nigeria Onwueyi is most numerous in: Abia, where 58 percent are found, Rivers, where 12 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Onwueyi occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belize, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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
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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 Onwueyi
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