Onefa Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Onefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Onefa (15) may also be a first name.

Onefa Last Name Facts

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

Onefa is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Onefa.

How Common Is The Last Name Onefa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 57 percent of Onefa are found; 57 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 57 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 15 people.

The surname Onefa is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea Onefa exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 14 percent are found and The Philippines, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gonefa9110/
Honefa9110/
Oneifa911/
Onofa80520/
Onifa80134/
Anefa80120/
Unefa8025/
Enefa8015/
Onafa8013/
Onefe801/
Onniefah771/
Onofau73487/
Hanefa73302/
Aneefa73272/
Hunefa7360/
Enefaa7337/
Ennefa7328/
Honifa7313/
Onefie7311/
Gonifa7310/
Onifah738/
Honofa736/
Anefat736/
Ganefa735/
Honafa734/
Enefah734/
Oneife733/
Onifad733/
Onaifa732/
Onefeu732/
Oneifo732/
Anefah732/
Onifau731/
Ongifa731/
Anefaa731/
Onefeh731/
Onefis731/
Onafau731/
Angefa731/
Aniefa731/
Haneefa6716,390/
Ennefai67170/
Honifah6730/
Haniefa6713/
Hanefah6712/
Hounifa674/
Ohunifa673/
Ennefaa672/
Haneffa671/
Eneffah671/
Henefai671/
Hangefa671/
Anneefa671/
Aaneefa671/
Hannefa671/
Heneefa671/

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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 Onefa
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