Onwukike Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onwukike Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onwukike Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria891:1,990,36870,088
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080

Onwukike (12) may also be a first name.

Onwukike Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onwukike is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onwukike? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,955,159th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Onwukike are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name on earth, held by 12 people.

The surname Onwukike is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 1,990,368. In Nigeria Onwukike is primarily found in: Adamawa, where 27 percent reside, Lagos, where 25 percent reside and Enugu, where 17 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onwukaike94582/
Onwukeike944/
Onwukieke941/
Onwuikaike891/
Onwukikeed891/
Onwokike882/
Anwukike881/
Anwukaike8229/
Onwukaika828/
Onwukaeke823/
Onwikaike823/
Onwukauke821/
Onwucheke711/

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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 Onwukike
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis