Onyemelukwe Surname

418,906th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 829 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onyemelukwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyemelukwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7421:238,73713,870
United States641:5,663,421279,165
England191:2,932,529101,561
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Onyemelukwe (30) may also be a first name.

Onyemelukwe Last Name Facts

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

Onyemelukwe is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyemelukwe? popularity and diffusion

Onyemelukwe is the 418,906th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 8,790,767 people. Onyemelukwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Onyemelukwe are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most common given name internationally, borne by 30 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 742 people, or 1 in 238,737. In Nigeria Onyemelukwe is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 26 percent live, Enugu, where 22 percent live and Delta, where 8 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Onyemelukwe occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Onyemelukwe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Onyemelukwe surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.

Onyemelukwe earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.37% less than the national average, earning $29,181 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 Onyemelukwe
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