Onwufor Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onwufor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onwufor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1101:1,610,38960,100
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onwufor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onwufor is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Onwufor? popularity and diffusion

The surname Onwufor is the 1,718,748th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. Onwufor occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Onwufor are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 1,610,389. In Nigeria Onwufor is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 29 percent are found, Delta, where 19 percent are found and Abia, where 18 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Onwufor is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent are found and England, 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
  • 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 Onwufor
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