Onkunya Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Onkunya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 45 | 1:1,026,220 | 34,572 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Onkunya (17) may also be a first name.
Onkunya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onkunya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onkunya is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onkunya? popularity and diffusion
Onkunya is the 2,876,555th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Onkunya are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Onkunya is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 17 people.
This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 1,026,220. In Kenya Onkunya is most numerous in: Kisii County, where 96 percent live, Nyamira County, where 2 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 2 percent live. Beside Kenya this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Onkunya
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