Onuobia Surname
Approximately 519 people bear this surname
Onuobia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 514 | 1:344,636 | 18,677 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
Onuobia (31) may also be a first name.
Onuobia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onuobia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onuobia has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onuobia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Onuobia is the 599,225th most common last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 14,041,514 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Onuobia reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onuobia is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 31 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 514 people, or 1 in 344,636. In Nigeria Onuobia is primarily found in: Abia, where 66 percent are found, Lagos, where 11 percent are found and Enugu, where 9 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Onuobia
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