Onyekwere Surname

14,582nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38,207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onyekwere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyekwere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria37,5641:4,716628
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
United States2091:1,734,253114,535
England891:626,04636,944
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Belize11:355,4743,977
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Onyekwere (2,772) may also be a first name.

Onyekwere Last Name Facts

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

Onyekwere is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyekwere? popularity and diffusion

The surname Onyekwere is the 14,582nd most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 190,739 people. The last name Onyekwere is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onyekwere reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onyekwere is also the 138,694th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 2,772 people.

The last name Onyekwere is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 37,564 people, or 1 in 4,716. In Nigeria Onyekwere is primarily concentrated in: Imo, where 37 percent reside, Abia, where 18 percent reside and Anambra, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Onyekwere Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Onyekwere last name are 42.92% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 96.15% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Onyekwere earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 889.41% more than the national average, earning R 2,351,210 per year and in United States they earn 32.72% more than the national average, earning $57,269 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
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