Onua Surname
Approximately 568 people bear this surname
Onua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 530 | 1:334,232 | 18,224 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Onua (63) may also be a first name.
Onua Demographics
Average Onua Salary in
United States
$45,481 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Onua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onua (Oriya: ଓନୁଆ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Onua click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onua? popularity and diffusion
It is the 559,180th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 12,830,186 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Onua are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 63 people.
The surname Onua is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 530 people, or 1 in 334,232. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 29 percent live, Rivers, where 23 percent live and Lagos, where 12 percent live. Besides Nigeria it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Onua Last Name Statistics demography
Onua earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.4% more than the national average, earning $45,481 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Onua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Onua in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓନୁଆ | onu'a | - |
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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 Onua
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