Onyiwa Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onyiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1061:1,671,15861,739
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Onyiwa (11) may also be a first name.

Onyiwa Last Name Facts

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

Onyiwa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyiwa? popularity and diffusion

Onyiwa is the 1,755,741st most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Onyiwa reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onyiwa is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 11 people.

The last name Onyiwa is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 1,671,158. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 50 percent live, Lagos, where 25 percent live and Kaduna, where 8 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 1 percent live and Qatar, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onyiwaia861/
Onyiba83984/
Onyiwe8375/
Oniiwa8339/
Anyiwa839/
Onyewa837/
Onyiwo832/
Onyeijwua802/
Gonjiwa77105/
Onyeiwe7718/
Hanyiwa7710/
Ongiewa778/
Onyiowi774/
Onyivau774/
Onyewea772/
Onyeweau711/
Honyiova711/
Hounyiwe711/
Ogneaywa711/
Ongeyowa711/
Hunyiswa711/
Onyibe675,675/
Onieva672,020/
Onyibo67930/
Onyebi67226/
Onyewe67210/
Anyiwo67190/
Anyiwe67136/
Onyeba6792/
Onieba6725/
Ognewa6710/
Anyiba678/
Anyiva675/
Onyibi674/
Onyewi672/
Ongewa672/
Onyewo671/
Aniiwa671/
Onyeweowa671/
Oniyba671/
Onjiva671/
Anhiwa671/
Aniewa671/
Anjiwa671/

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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 Onyiwa
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