Wonkwo Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Wonkwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wonkwo 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
Nigeria591:3,002,42093,371
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Wonkwo Last Name Facts

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

Wonkwo is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wonkwo? popularity and diffusion

Wonkwo is the 2,483,783rd most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wonkwo reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 92 percent live, Ogun, where 7 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Not including Nigeria Wonkwo is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 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
Wankwo8367/
Wongwo835/
Bonkwo831/
Wonkuo831/
Wwankwo771/
Wongwoot715/
Bongkwou711/
Wankwa6729/
Bonkuo6714/
Wonkua678/
Wongwa676/
Wankuo672/
Wongvo671/
Wongwooth671/
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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 Wonkwo
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