Onyekwene Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Onyekwene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Onyekwene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyekwene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onyekwene is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Onyekwene click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyekwene? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,506,728th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name Onyekwene occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Onyekwene are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria Onyekwene is most numerous in: Delta, where 47 percent live, Enugu, where 26 percent live and Lagos, where 16 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Spain, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onyenkwene | 95 | 2 | / |
| Onyekweune | 95 | 1 | / |
| Onyekwena | 89 | 553 | / |
| Onyekweni | 89 | 31 | / |
| Onyenkwena | 84 | 1 | / |
| Onyekwuenyi | 80 | 7 | / |
| Onyegwane | 78 | 7 | / |
| Aniekwena | 67 | 165 | / |
| Onyegwani | 67 | 21 | / |
| Aniekweani | 63 | 28 | / |
| Anniekwena | 63 | 1 | / |
| Aniekwuena | 63 | 1 | / |
| Onyeguini | 56 | 3 | / |
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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 Onyekwene
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