Onunta Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onunta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onunta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2031:872,62438,134
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Onunta Last Name Facts

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

Onunta occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onunta? popularity and diffusion

Onunta is the 1,163,787th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. The last name Onunta is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onunta are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 203 people, or 1 in 872,624. In Nigeria Onunta is most numerous in: Enugu, where 65 percent are found, Abia, where 12 percent are found and Taraba, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gongunta867/
Ounounta861/
Anunta8378/
Ununta833/
Onunte831/
Hononta77522/
Ungunta774/
Angunta773/
Anhunta772/
Anuntha771/
Anuunta771/
Onuntei771/
Anuintha7134/
Gungunta7120/
Hongunte715/
Anuntaya714/
Anunthai711/
Ounoumta711/
Honnonta711/
Gangunta711/
Ononto67458/
Anunti6790/
Anunte6744/
Anonta6712/
Anumta6711/
Anunto672/

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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
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  • 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 Onunta
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