Onyukwu Surname

670,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 446 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onyukwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Onyukwu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4411:401,68421,080
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Onyukwu (57) may also be a first name.

Onyukwu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onyukwu is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyukwu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Onyukwu is the 670,508th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 16,339,789 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Onyukwu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onyukwu is also the 1,308,380th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 57 people.

Onyukwu is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 441 people, or 1 in 401,684. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Rivers, where 30 percent live, Cross River, where 28 percent live and Benue, where 12 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onyiukwu9316/
Oneyukwu934/
Onyunkwu931/
Onyugwu8634/
Unyukwu8622/
Onyokwu868/
Onhukwu863/
Anyunkwu803/
Aniukwu718,705/
Anyokwu7165/
Anhukwu712/
Aniugwu57514/
Anyogwu573/
Anjokwu571/
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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 Onyukwu
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