Onokoya Surname
Approximately 253 people bear this surname
Onokoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 249 | 1:711,417 | 32,711 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Onokoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onokoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onokoya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Onokoya.
How Common Is The Last Name Onokoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,006,539th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onokoya live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 249 people, or 1 in 711,417. In Nigeria Onokoya is most numerous in: Ogun, where 48 percent are found, Lagos, where 42 percent are found and Oyo, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Togo, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onuokoya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Onokoy | 92 | 4 | / |
| Onakoya | 86 | 5,799 | / |
| Onokeya | 86 | 15 | / |
| Onukoya | 86 | 13 | / |
| Anokoya | 86 | 10 | / |
| Onokaya | 86 | 5 | / |
| Onekoya | 86 | 2 | / |
| Onokoia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Onokoye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Onokoyo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Onokiya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Onokioja | 80 | 17 | / |
| Onakoyaa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Anokkoya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onakoy | 77 | 158 | / |
| Anokoa | 77 | 19 | / |
| Onokoi | 77 | 13 | / |
| Onokay | 77 | 8 | / |
| Onokai | 77 | 8 | / |
| Onakoa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Onokye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onokou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Anokhoaya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Enokiya | 71 | 900 | / |
| Onakoye | 71 | 205 | / |
| Onakoyi | 71 | 124 | / |
| Onokaye | 71 | 47 | / |
| Onoukou | 71 | 42 | / |
| Enakoya | 71 | 31 | / |
| Onakaya | 71 | 15 | / |
| Onokojo | 71 | 12 | / |
| Anakoya | 71 | 6 | / |
| Anekoya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Onukoye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Onakoja | 71 | 3 | / |
| Anokhoy | 71 | 2 | / |
| Onokiyo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Anokiya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Anokoia | 71 | 2 | / |
| Onokeye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onukaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onokija | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onokhai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onojkae | 71 | 1 | / |
| Anokeya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goungokoye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onokayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onokhau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gonokai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Honoukou | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hanokoye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ganokoye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Henakoya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ounoukou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ganakoya | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Onokoya
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