Onuoha Surname

3,602nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156,139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onuoha Surname User-submission:

The surname Onuoha has an Igbo origin. It means 'mouth of the people'.

Onuoha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria154,0611:1,150149
United States7371:491,80341,508
Ghana6231:43,3724,874
England2851:195,50217,195
South Africa541:1,003,29161,925
Spain481:974,00136,812
Canada441:837,40065,151
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Switzerland231:357,08327,273
Iceland191:20,0051,629
Ireland171:276,9969,887
Benin131:795,04642,452
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Togo91:805,3086,372
Gambia91:213,717372
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Norway71:734,61250,907
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Denmark61:940,78647,603
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Senegal51:2,915,8685,479
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Saint Kitts and Nevis41:13,800846
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
France31:22,140,907385,998
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Belize11:355,4743,977
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432

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'.

- soromtochi

Onuoha Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onuoha occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onuoha? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,602nd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 46,673 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onuoha live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onuoha is also the 106,830th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 4,218 people.

The surname Onuoha is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 154,061 people, or 1 in 1,150. In Nigeria Onuoha is primarily found in: Imo, where 49 percent are found, Abia, where 15 percent are found and Anambra, where 6 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 68 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Ghana, where 0 percent are found.

Onuoha Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Onuoha last name is primarily Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Onuoha last name are 41.14% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US 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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onuoaha9249/
Onuohah9249/
Onouoha9217/
Onauoha927/
Onuuoha924/
Onuohua923/
Onuhoha922/
Oneuoha921/
Onujioha869/
Onouoaha861/
Onuoah8373/
Onuoho8333/
Onuhoa8327/
Anuoha8319/
Onuhao833/
Enuoha832/
Gonauoa771/

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