Ohanya Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ohanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ohanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria651:2,725,27387,396
Kenya171:2,716,46537,471
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Ohanya Last Name Facts

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

Ohanya (Marathi: ओहन्या) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ohanya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,918,812th most widely held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name Ohanya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Ohanya live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 2,725,273. In Nigeria Ohanya is mostly found in: Lagos, where 71 percent reside and Kaduna, where 29 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 18 percent reside and Greece, where 4 percent reside.

Ohanya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oanya9153/
Ohijanya861/
Ohania8310/
Uoanya834/
Ohanja833/
Ohanyo833/
Goanya831/
Ohonya831/
Ojianya7770/
Ojeanya7711/
Eheanya777/
Aehanya772/
Ohaniah771/
Oanea731,002/
Oania73485/
Oanja732/
Oanyo731/
Oagna731/
Aonya731/
Ojeanyah7120/
Hoahania7117/
Ojianyay712/
Ohamniah711/
Goohania711/
Ohanjo6721/
Ehenya6716/
Ahonya6712/
Ouania673/
Ojonya672/
Ohonyo672/
Ouanja672/
Ouanyo672/
Ouagna672/
Ohaniha'a671/
Goanja671/
Oanija671/
Ohanio671/
Oangia671/

Ohanya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ohanya in the Marathi language
ओहन्याohan'ya-

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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
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  • 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 Ohanya
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