Onyejekwe Surname

171,255th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onyejekwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyejekwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,3241:76,2235,456
United States1271:2,854,007168,820
England191:2,932,529101,561
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Onyejekwe (56) may also be a first name.

Onyejekwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onyejekwe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyejekwe? popularity and diffusion

Onyejekwe is the 171,255th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,897,633 people. The surname Onyejekwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Onyejekwe reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 56 people.

It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,324 people, or 1 in 76,223. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 23 percent reside, Enugu, where 15 percent reside and Abia, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Onyejekwe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Onyejekwe surname are 5.39% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.62% being registered with the party.

The amount Onyejekwe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 71.61% less than the national average, earning R 67,464 per year and in United States they earn 7.48% more than the national average, earning $46,377 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
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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 Onyejekwe
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