Omiah Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Omiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Omiah (91) may also be a first name.
Omiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omiah is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omiah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,909,720th most prevalent family name globally, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Omiah are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 998,282nd most widespread first name at a global level, held by 91 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 70 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 23 percent live and Bayelsa, where 3 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 16 percent live and Kenya, where 9 percent live.
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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 Omiah
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