Onitsha Surname
Approximately 770 people bear this surname
Onitsha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 767 | 1:230,955 | 13,515 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Onitsha (156) may also be a first name.
Onitsha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onitsha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onitsha is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Onitsha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onitsha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 443,594th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 9,464,345 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onitsha live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onitsha is also the 735,679th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 156 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 767 people, or 1 in 230,955. In Nigeria Onitsha is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 46 percent reside, Delta, where 45 percent reside and Rivers, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in China, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Onitsha
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