Onwuyali Surname

738,530th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onwuyali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onwuyali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3871:457,73323,307
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onwuyali (15) may also be a first name.

Onwuyali Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onwuyali is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onwuyali? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 738,530th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 18,638,225 people. The last name Onwuyali occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Onwuyali reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 387 people, or 1 in 457,733. In Nigeria Onwuyali is mostly found in: Delta, where 67 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Edo, where 12 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onwuyalli941/
Onwuyhali941/
Onwuyili889/
Omwuyali882/
Onwuyeli881/
Onwayali881/
Onweyali881/
Onwuayli881/
Onwuyale881/
Onwueli802/
Onwujili7521/
Onwujeli754/
Ounwouli751/
Onwuele6710/
Onwuile671/

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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 Onwuyali
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