Onoah Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Onoah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Onoah (11) may also be a first name.
Onoah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onoah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onoah occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onoah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,909,720th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Onoah live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent forename internationally. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria it is most common in: Enugu, where 33 percent live, Abia, where 20 percent live and Rivers, where 20 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 31 percent live and Indonesia, 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 Onoah
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