Onata Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Onata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 59 | 1:3,002,420 | 93,371 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
The alternate forms: Önata (265) & Oñata (1) are calculated separately.
Onata (106) may also be a first name.
Onata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onata Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onata (Marathi: ओनाता) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Önata or Oñata. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onata? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,839,022nd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname Onata is primarily found in Africa, where 62 percent of Onata reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onata is also the 915,176th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 106 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria Onata is most frequent in: Delta, where 63 percent live, Ebonyi, where 25 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Onata Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Onata in the Marathi language | ||
| ओनाता | onata | - |
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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 Onata
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