Onominya Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onominya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Onominya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Onominya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Onominya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Onominya has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onominya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,812,366th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Onominya live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Onominya is mostly found in: Benue, where 40 percent live, Kogi, where 40 percent live and Bauchi, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onuminya882,132/
Gonomenya821/
Onumminya821/
Onumainya821/
Ongomenya821/
Onumenya7546/
Onumynya754/
Onuminja751/
Onuminija711/
Anaminja6312/
Unomuinjo591/
Anamenja505/
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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 Onominya
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