Onyenwenwa Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onyenwenwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyenwenwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onyenwenwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onyenwenwa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyenwenwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,730,171st most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Onyenwenwa are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Onyenwenwa is most common in: Federal Capital Territory, where 33 percent are found, Lagos, where 30 percent are found and Abia, where 26 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found.

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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 Onyenwenwa
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