Onajah Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Onajah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Onajah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onajah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onajah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onajah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,808,717th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Onajah live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 3,768,995. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 21 percent reside, Kogi, where 19 percent reside and Lagos, where 17 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Ghana, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Onajah
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