Onuoha Surname
Approximately 156,139 people bear this surname
Onuoha Surname User-submission:
The surname Onuoha has an Igbo origin. It means 'mouth of the people'.
Onuoha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 154,061 | 1:1,150 | 149 |
| United States | 737 | 1:491,803 | 41,508 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| England | 285 | 1:195,502 | 17,195 |
| South Africa | 54 | 1:1,003,291 | 61,925 |
| Spain | 48 | 1:974,001 | 36,812 |
| Canada | 44 | 1:837,400 | 65,151 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Iceland | 19 | 1:20,005 | 1,629 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1:230,630 | 10,839 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 1:13,800 | 846 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Onuoha (4,218) may also be a first name.
Onuoha Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Onuoha has an Igbo origin. It means 'mouth of the people'.
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Onuoha Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Onuoha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onuoha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onuoha is found most in Nigeria. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Onuoha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,602nd most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 46,673 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Onuoha are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 106,830th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 4,218 people.
Onuoha is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 154,061 people, or 1 in 1,150. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Imo, where 49 percent live, Abia, where 15 percent live and Anambra, where 6 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 68 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Ghana, where 0 percent live.
Onuoha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Onuoha last name are 41.14% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 94.37% registered with the political party.
The amount Onuoha earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 44.9% less than the national average, earning R 130,944 per year; in United States they earn 0.48% more than the national average, earning $43,355 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.34% less than the national average, earning $44,048 CAD per year.
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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
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