Onwukegwu Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Onwukegwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 74 | 1:2,393,821 | 79,921 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Onwukegwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onwukegwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onwukegwu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onwukegwu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Onwukegwu is the 2,168,711th most common family name internationally, held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The surname Onwukegwu is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Onwukegwu live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 2,393,821. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Edo, where 42 percent live, Delta, where 36 percent live and Bayelsa, where 9 percent live. Barring Nigeria Onwukegwu occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live.
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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 Onwukegwu
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