Ohinya Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ohinya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ohinya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria301:5,904,759145,253
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ohinya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ohinya is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ohinya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ohinya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,485,539th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ohinya reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Ohinya is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria Ohinya is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 80 percent live, Abia, where 10 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ohinia833/
Ahinya833/
Ojienya7735/
Oenya731/
Ohenyo6769/
Ahinia6755/
Ehenya6716/
Ahenya676/
Ouinyo676/
Ahinea675/
Auinya674/
Heunya671/
Ouinha671/
Ahinja671/
Ohinjo671/
Ahinyo671/
Ehinia671/

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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
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  • 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 Ohinya
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