Onwumah Surname
Approximately 568 people bear this surname
Onwumah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 564 | 1:314,083 | 17,382 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Onwumah (10) may also be a first name.
Onwumah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onwumah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onwumah has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onwumah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 559,180th most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,830,186 people. The surname Onwumah is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onwumah reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onwumah is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name internationally It is held by 10 people.
Onwumah is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 564 people, or 1 in 314,083. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 57 percent live, Lagos, where 16 percent live and Edo, where 8 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 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
- 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 Onwumah
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