Onuama Surname

893,754th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 300 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onuama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onuama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2911:608,73829,024
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Onuama (49) may also be a first name.

Onuama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onuama is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Onuama click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onuama? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 893,754th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 24,291,820 people. The surname Onuama occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Onuama are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 49 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 291 people, or 1 in 608,738. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bayelsa, where 23 percent are found, Enugu, where 15 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Onuama Last Name Statistics demography

Onuama earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 123.06% more than the national average, earning $96,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onwuama92942/
Onwuamah8643/
Onuoma83330/
Onwama8314/
Anuama834/
Enuama834/
Unuama832/
Onwuajmma801/
Onwuamaya801/
Omwuama776/
Onwuoma773/
Onwamah773/
Gunuama773/
Enuamah771/
Anuamah771/
Onwuame771/
Onwamma771/
Oumbama771/
Onuhami771/
Onuomma771/
Henuama770/
Onwuomah713/
Unuame67245/
Enuoma6751/
Unuoma6731/
Anwama6728/
Unwama676/
Anuoma674/
Onwoma674/
Anbama674/
Anvama672/
Omwama672/
Ombama672/
Onvami672/
Anuami671/
Umbama671/

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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 Onuama
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