Onakpoya Surname

706,244th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 416 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onakpoya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Onakpoya 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
Nigeria4081:434,17322,377
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Onakpoya (25) may also be a first name.

Onakpoya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onakpoya occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onakpoya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Onakpoya is the 706,244th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,518,139 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Onakpoya live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 25 people.

Onakpoya is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 408 people, or 1 in 434,173. In Nigeria Onakpoya is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 85 percent reside, Lagos, where 5 percent reside and Edo, where 2 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

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
Onakpoa933/
Enakpoya88209/
Onakpeya8850/
Onaikpoa881/
Onakpoye881/
Onokpea6718/
Anakpaye6318/
Angakpai631/
Onokpoje631/
Anakpee536/
Onokpie531/
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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 Onakpoya
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