Onoba Surname
Approximately 1,607 people bear this surname
Onoba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,391 | 1:28,066 | 3,880 |
| Nigeria | 188 | 1:942,249 | 40,456 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
Onoba (90) may also be a first name.
Onoba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onoba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onoba is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onoba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Onoba is the 247,499th most common last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 4,534,876 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Onoba are found; 87 percent are found in East Africa and 77 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Onoba is also the 1,005,046th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 90 people.
The last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,391 people, or 1 in 28,066. In Uganda Onoba is primarily concentrated in: Nebbi District, where 77 percent live, Arua District, where 7 percent live and Zombo District, where 5 percent live. Other than Uganda it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 12 percent live and Papua New Guinea, 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 Onoba
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