Onwunta Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onwunta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onwunta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1301:1,362,63753,337
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onwunta (21) may also be a first name.

Onwunta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onwunta is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onwunta? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,558,593rd most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onwunta reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onwunta is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 21 people.

The surname Onwunta is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 1,362,637. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Abia, where 46 percent live, Enugu, where 15 percent live and Rivers, where 11 percent live. Barring Nigeria Onwunta is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Onwunta
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