Onsanya Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onsanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Onsanya 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
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168

Onsanya Last Name Facts

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

Onsanya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onsanya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Onsanya is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Onsanya are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Onsanya is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 45 percent live, Ogun, where 27 percent live and Oyo, where 27 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 15 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
Onsanyaa932/
Ansanya863/
Omsanya861/
Onjanya861/
Ounsaneha752/
Hounsania751/
Osinsonya751/
Ansania711/
Omsaniah6715/
Homjanya6710/
Unsaniah679/
Annsonya671/
Unsaneha671/
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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 Onsanya
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