Onaja Surname
Approximately 722 people bear this surname
Onaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 694 | 1:255,249 | 14,715 |
| Peru | 17 | 1:1,869,654 | 24,503 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Onaja (85) may also be a first name.
Onaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onaja (Marathi: ओनजा) is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onaja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 466,165th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 10,093,554 people. The surname Onaja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Onaja live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 85 people.
The last name Onaja is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 694 people, or 1 in 255,249. In Nigeria Onaja is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 17 percent are found, Benue, where 13 percent are found and Ekiti, where 11 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 2 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Onaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Onaja in the Marathi language | ||
| ओनजा | onaja | - |
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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 Onaja
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