Onwuta Surname

702,422nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 419 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onwuta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onwuta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3701:478,76424,094
England371:1,505,89364,828
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Onwuta (17) may also be a first name.

Onwuta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onwuta is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onwuta? popularity and diffusion

It is the 702,422nd most common family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 17,392,711 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Onwuta live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 17 people.

The surname Onwuta is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 370 people, or 1 in 478,764. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 47 percent live, Ebonyi, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 12 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onwutah929/
Onhwuta922/
Onwutta921/
Anwuta83163/
Onwuto834/
Onwota831/
Osemwuta711/
Asenwuta711/
Ombuta6710/
Anwota673/
Amwuta673/
Hounbutta672/
Anbuta671/
Anwita671/
Enwita671/
Onbute671/

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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 Onwuta
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