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
The last name Onitsha is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onitsha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 443,594th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 9,464,345 people. The surname is mostly found 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 commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 156 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 767 people, or 1 in 230,955. In Nigeria Onitsha is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 46 percent are found, Delta, where 45 percent are found and Rivers, where 4 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Onitsha exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in China, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
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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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