Onwukwe Surname

22,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,479 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onwukwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onwukwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria23,8531:7,426865
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
United States1081:3,356,101190,802
England631:884,41445,970
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Benin51:2,067,12068,069
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Onwukwe (982) may also be a first name.

Onwukwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onwukwe is most common in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onwukwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Onwukwe is the 22,209th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 297,706 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onwukwe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 257,086th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 982 people.

Onwukwe is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 23,853 people, or 1 in 7,426. In Nigeria Onwukwe is most prevalent in: Imo, where 34 percent reside, Abia, where 23 percent reside and Anambra, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 24 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Onwukwe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Onwukwe surname is predominantly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

In The United States Onwukwe are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Onwukwe earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 25.29% less than the national average, earning R 177,540 per year and in United States they earn 6.39% more than the national average, earning $45,908 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onwuekwe93669/
Onwukwue9317/
Onwukwwe933/
Onwujkwe933/
Onwuikwe932/
Onwoukwe931/
Oonwukwe931/
Onwukw923/
Ounwukwue881/
Onwwuekwe881/
Enwukwe8688/
Onwukwa8629/
Onwugwe8612/
Unwukwe8612/
Onwokwe869/
Omwukwe868/
Onwukue865/
Onwuigwe8010/
Enwuekwe803/
Onnwugwe801/
Onweukwa801/
Ombukwe712/
Onwokwa711/
Onwigwe711/
Enweugwe671/
Anwique574/
Hambukwe531/
Onwugbai531/

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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 Onwukwe
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