Wonwu Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Wonwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wonwu 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
Nigeria491:3,615,158105,602
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wonwu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wonwu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wonwu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,746,821st most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Wonwu is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wonwu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Wonwu is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 3,615,158. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 98 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, 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
Woenwu911/
Woinwou8311/
Wanwu8012/
Wonbu809/
Wonwoe7334/
Bonwui732/
Voinwu731/
Wonwoo731/
Boonwu731/
Bonnwuu671/
Wounbou671/
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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 Wonwu
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