Onyemaechi Surname

88,232nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,445 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onyemaechi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyemaechi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5,3311:33,2292,750
United States411:8,840,462379,649
England301:1,857,26974,552
Cameroon171:1,221,71073,195
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Onyemaechi (7,811) may also be a first name.

Onyemaechi Last Name Facts

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

Onyemaechi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyemaechi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Onyemaechi is the 88,232nd most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,338,392 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Onyemaechi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 72,238th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 7,811 people.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5,331 people, or 1 in 33,229. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Abia, where 28 percent reside, Enugu, where 18 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Onyemaechi Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Onyemaechi earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 45.08% more than the national average, earning R 344,772 per year and in United States they earn 65.02% more than the national average, earning $71,205 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 Onyemaechi
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