Onua Surname

559,180th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 568 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5301:334,23218,224
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Onua (63) may also be a first name.

Onua Last Name Facts

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

Onua (Oriya: ଓନୁଆ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Onua.

How Common Is The Last Name Onua? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 559,180th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,830,186 people. The last name occurs mostly 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. Onua is also the 1,234,572nd most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 63 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 530 people, or 1 in 334,232. In Nigeria Onua is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 29 percent live, Rivers, where 23 percent live and Lagos, where 12 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onwua8917/
Gonua8913/
Onuoa896/
Onnua894/
Honua894/
Onuea893/
Onuaa892/
Onhua892/
Onuay891/
Onuae891/
Onouha80462/
Onuhoa8027/
Ounuha805/
Onwuaa804/
Ohnuoa803/
Otinua801/
Onuhaa801/
Onueha801/
Onwuas801/
Onwuat801/
Oonuha801/
Ounuoa801/
Ocinua800/
Anua751,451/
Onwa751,401/
Enua75151/
Unua7598/
Onba7529/
Onuo7515/
Onva755/
Onwuhai7328/
Onwuoha737/
Onuahah737/
Onwuayi734/
O'Nuoha734/
Onnuoha734/
Honuoha733/
Onguhea732/
Oinuoha732/
Ounuoha732/
Onuhoha732/
Honguha731/
Onwuach731/
Onuohha731/
Ohnuoha731/
Gonwuah731/
Oumba672,255/
Gunua671,032/
Honba67514/
Anuat67296/
Onwah67266/
Hanua67242/
Ganua67205/
Unuea6787/
Annua6780/
Ounwa6749/
Anuay6734/
Onwai6734/
Anuas6731/
Onwha6730/
Amnua6723/
Anhua6722/
Gonva6713/
Anuad6713/
Honwa6710/
Unuas679/
Onmba678/
Onuho676/
Anuaa675/
Onwuo675/
Ounba674/
Onway673/
Henua673/
Anuae672/
Onwas672/
Onvoa672/
Anwua672/
Onwea672/
Oinwa672/
Enhua672/
Unuaj672/
Onwoa672/
Omhua671/
Omwua671/
Onvaa671/
Unnua671/
Oussenua671/
Hunua671/
Onbou671/
U'Nua671/
Honuo671/
Oihnuoha671/
Oenwa671/
Anuaj671/
Gonuo671/
Agnua671/
Unuoa671/
Onbai671/
Unwua671/
Onwwa671/

Onua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Onua in the Oriya language
ଓନୁଆonu'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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