Onala Surname
Approximately 292 people bear this surname
Onala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 131 | 1:352,518 | 20,779 |
| Nigeria | 110 | 1:1,610,389 | 60,100 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Önala (247) & Oñala (1) are calculated separately.
Onala (72) may also be a first name.
Onala Demographics
Onala Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Onala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onala (Marathi: ओनला, Oriya: ଓଁଅଳା) is found most frequently in Kenya. It can appear as a variant: Önala or Oñala. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Onala? popularity and diffusion
Onala is the 910,497th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 24,957,349 people. The last name Onala is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Onala live; 45 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Onala is also the 1,143,416th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 72 people.
The surname Onala is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 352,518. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Trans Nzoia County, where 92 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 3 percent are found and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Kenya it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 38 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.
Onala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Onala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Onala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓଁଅଳା | omala | - |
| Onala in the Marathi language | ||
| ओनला | onala | - |
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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 Onala
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