Onwujekwe Surname
Approximately 370 people bear this surname
Onwujekwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 363 | 1:487,997 | 24,474 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Onwujekwe (10) may also be a first name.
Onwujekwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onwujekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onwujekwe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onwujekwe? popularity and diffusion
Onwujekwe is the 769,129th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Onwujekwe live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onwujekwe is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 10 people.
The last name Onwujekwe is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 363 people, or 1 in 487,997. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Enugu, where 43 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Abia, where 7 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Onwujekwe occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onwujiekwe | 95 | 3 | / |
| Onwujekwue | 95 | 2 | / |
| Onwuejekwe | 95 | 1 | / |
| Onwujekwee | 95 | 1 | / |
| Onwujkwe | 94 | 3 | / |
| Onwujekwa | 89 | 11 | / |
| Onwuiekwe | 89 | 5 | / |
| Onwujakwe | 89 | 4 | / |
| Onwauekwe | 89 | 3 | / |
| Onwejekwe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Onwujikwe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Onwwuekwe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Onwuejekwa | 84 | 13 | / |
| Onuejiekwe | 84 | 1 | / |
| Onwuajekwa | 84 | 1 | / |
| Onwuikwe | 82 | 2 | / |
| Onwoukwe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Onwajikwe | 78 | 1 | / |
| O'Nwaekwe | 78 | 1 | / |
| Onwuigwe | 71 | 10 | / |
| Onweukwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onweagbe | 59 | 1 | / |
| Onwaigwe | 59 | 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 Onwujekwe
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