Ona Surname
Approximately 30,897 people bear this surname
Ona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9,636 | 1:18,383 | 1,721 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4,779 | 1:238 | 58 |
| Philippines | 3,126 | 1:32,386 | 4,768 |
| Ecuador | 2,706 | 1:5,878 | 968 |
| Indonesia | 2,480 | 1:53,326 | 5,925 |
| Gabon | 1,263 | 1:1,496 | 252 |
| Egypt | 854 | 1:107,653 | 8,985 |
| United States | 669 | 1:541,792 | 44,882 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| Bolivia | 555 | 1:19,129 | 1,617 |
| Lithuania | 552 | 1:5,497 | 924 |
| Papua New Guinea | 481 | 1:16,952 | 1,695 |
| France | 334 | 1:198,870 | 30,934 |
| Ukraine | 282 | 1:161,428 | 22,357 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| India | 218 | 1:3,518,649 | 99,858 |
| Cameroon | 207 | 1:100,334 | 11,860 |
| Turkey | 202 | 1:385,255 | 23,665 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| Tanzania | 184 | 1:287,726 | 22,395 |
| Romania | 122 | 1:164,573 | 17,104 |
| Cuba | 104 | 1:110,795 | 3,160 |
| Australia | 92 | 1:293,432 | 25,879 |
| Congo | 91 | 1:54,825 | 4,954 |
| Israel | 87 | 1:98,364 | 11,357 |
| Brazil | 78 | 1:2,744,543 | 81,769 |
| Japan | 73 | 1:1,751,292 | 26,150 |
| England | 62 | 1:898,678 | 46,462 |
| Norway | 58 | 1:88,660 | 12,230 |
| Canada | 54 | 1:682,326 | 55,162 |
| Uganda | 45 | 1:867,540 | 39,905 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Spain | 33 | 1:1,416,728 | 44,772 |
| United Arab Emirates | 31 | 1:295,557 | 19,854 |
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Solomon Islands | 20 | 1:29,001 | 5,821 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Taiwan | 15 | 1:1,562,983 | 10,375 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Serbia | 4 | 1:1,786,237 | 30,138 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Cook Islands | 2 | 1:9,090 | 1,387 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
The alternate forms: Oña (5,495) & Ońa (1) are calculated separately.
Ona (80,778) may also be a first name.
Ona Demographics
Average Ona Salary in
United States
$41,593 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ona Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ona (Arabic: أناّ, Georgian: ონა, Hindi: ओना, Marathi: ओना, Oriya: ଓନା) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Oña or Ońa. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ona? popularity and diffusion
It is the 17,884th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 235,866 people. The surname Ona is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Ona reside; 31 percent reside in West Africa and 31 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ona is also the 12,246th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 80,778 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 9,636 people, or 1 in 18,383. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 21 percent are found, Anambra, where 20 percent are found and Enugu, where 17 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 99 countries. It is also common in Equatorial Guinea, where 15 percent are found and The Philippines, where 10 percent are found.
Ona Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Ona last name is primarily Orthodox (85%) in Russia, Christian (99%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Ona last name are 9.8% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.03% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ona earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 36.44% more than the national average, earning 472,198 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.61% less than the national average, earning $41,593 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.32% less than the national average, earning $49,026 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ona in the Georgian language | ||
| ონა | ona | - |
| Ona in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓନା | ona | - |
| Ona in the Marathi language | ||
| ओना | ona | 82.61 |
| ओणा | ona | 8.7 |
| ऑना | ona | 8.7 |
| Ona in the Hindi language | ||
| ओना | ona | 76.92 |
| ओनाड़ | onara | 5.13 |
| ओनाड़ा | onara | 2.56 |
| Ona in the Arabic language | ||
| أناّ | ana | - |
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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 Ona
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