Onyenowe Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onyenowe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyenowe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1501:1,180,95247,933
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onyenowe Last Name Facts

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

Onyenowe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyenowe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,422,956th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. Onyenowe is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onyenowe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Onyenowe is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 1,180,952. In Nigeria Onyenowe is most common in: Abia, where 60 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Delta, where 7 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

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Onyenaweh821/
Onyenuwue821/
Onyeneuwe821/
Onyenobi75629/
Onyenuwa7536/
Onyenovi751/
Anyenuwe751/
Onienuwe751/
Onyionowi7120/
Onyenuobi716/
Onyennobi712/
Onyenuwaya671/
Onyenubi631/
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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 Onyenowe
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