Oniah Surname
Approximately 367 people bear this surname
Oniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 288 | 1:615,079 | 29,261 |
| United States | 31 | 1:11,692,224 | 454,091 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Oniah (348) may also be a first name.
Oniah Demographics
Average Oniah Salary in
United States
$47,300 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Oniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oniah is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oniah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 773,729th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 19,857,073 people. The surname Oniah is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Oniah live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oniah is also the 467,354th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 348 people.
The surname Oniah is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 288 people, or 1 in 615,079. In Nigeria Oniah is mostly found in: Cross River, where 59 percent reside, Enugu, where 10 percent reside and Lagos, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent reside and England, where 8 percent reside.
Oniah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Oniah surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% being registered with the political party.
Oniah earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.62% more than the national average, earning $47,300 USD per year.
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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 Oniah
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