Onwumelu Surname

204,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,035 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onwumelu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onwumelu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,9931:88,8826,205
United States321:11,326,842445,236
England31:18,572,686338,250
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Onwumelu (27) may also be a first name.

Onwumelu Last Name Facts

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

Onwumelu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Onwumelu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onwumelu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Onwumelu is the 204,228th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,581,104 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Onwumelu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most common given name in the world, held by 27 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,993 people, or 1 in 88,882. In Nigeria Onwumelu is most frequent in: Enugu, where 34 percent are found, Abia, where 23 percent are found and Rivers, where 13 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Onwumelu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Onwumelu surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the party.

Onwumelu earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.83% more than the national average, earning $43,509 USD per year.

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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 Onwumelu
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