Onywera Surname

799,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 351 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Onywera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onywera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3471:133,08310,922
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onywera (13) may also be a first name.

Onywera Last Name Facts

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

Onywera has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onywera? popularity and diffusion

The surname Onywera is the 799,576th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,762,239 people. Onywera is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onywera reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 13 people.

This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 347 people, or 1 in 133,083. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Siaya County, where 41 percent are found, Kisumu County, where 31 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 22 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Onywera Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onywerea931/
Onywere86357/
Onywero8655/
Onyweri861/
Onywara861/
Anyowgera751/
Onuweri71177/
Onuwara712/
Oniwere712/
Onuwere711/
Onewere711/
Onjwero711/
Onjwara711/
Anyweri711/
Oniwara711/
Onayberi6715/
Oniverga672/
Onewhero671/
Onuuweri671/
Anyweire671/

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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 Onywera
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