Omonua Surname

443,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 770 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Omonua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Omonua 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
Nigeria7461:237,45713,818
England181:3,095,448105,421
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Omonua (39) may also be a first name.

Omonua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Omonua is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Omonua? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 443,594th most commonly held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 9,464,345 people. Omonua is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Omonua are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most common given name internationally, held by 39 people.

The surname Omonua is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 746 people, or 1 in 237,457. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Edo, where 56 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Delta, where 11 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and Wales, where 0 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
Omonuha921/
Gomonua921/
Omosinua863/
Omonwa834/
Omonba831/
Osmonva771/
Omonbay771/
Omohunwa719/
Omanwa671,054/
Omumba6789/
Omumwa6766/
Omomwa6730/
Amanua6714/
Emanua674/
Amunua674/
Umonba671/
Omunwa671/
Amonba671/
Omomba671/
Umonwa671/
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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 Omonua
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