Onyinkwa Surname

177,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,405 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Onyinkwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyinkwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2,4021:19,2262,254
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Onyinkwa (543) may also be a first name.

Onyinkwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onyinkwa is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyinkwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Onyinkwa is the 177,769th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 3,030,165 people. The surname Onyinkwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyinkwa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 70 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 361,572nd most widely held given name in the world, borne by 543 people.

The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,402 people, or 1 in 19,226. In Kenya Onyinkwa is most common in: Kisii County, where 64 percent live, Nyamira County, where 13 percent live and Nairobi County, where 13 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Onyinkwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Onyinkwa
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