Onya Surname
Approximately 7,090 people bear this surname
Onya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,115 | 1:56,868 | 4,279 |
| DR Congo | 2,326 | 1:31,762 | 3,949 |
| Uganda | 591 | 1:66,056 | 7,462 |
| Cameroon | 552 | 1:37,625 | 5,033 |
| Thailand | 140 | 1:504,560 | 87,939 |
| Indonesia | 111 | 1:1,191,434 | 84,297 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68 | 1:119,908 | 16,326 |
| Russia | 37 | 1:3,895,218 | 191,585 |
| Belarus | 26 | 1:365,425 | 38,396 |
| Moldova | 22 | 1:161,880 | 16,529 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
The alternate forms: Ónya (10) are calculated separately.
Onya (4,156) may also be a first name.
Onya Demographics
Average Onya Salary in
United States
$49,271 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Onya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onya (Hindi: ओन्या, Marathi: ओण्या, Russian: Оня) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Ónya. Click here for further possible spellings of Onya.
How Common Is The Last Name Onya? popularity and diffusion
Onya is the 69,802nd most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,027,863 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Onya reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onya is also the 107,779th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 4,156 people.
Onya is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3,115 people, or 1 in 56,868. In Nigeria Onya is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 38 percent reside, Cross River, where 15 percent reside and Lagos, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 33 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 33 percent reside and Uganda, where 8 percent reside.
Onya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Onya are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.
Onya earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.19% more than the national average, earning $49,271 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Onya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Onya in the Marathi language | ||
| ओण्या | onya | - |
| Onya in the Hindi language | ||
| ओन्या | on'ya | 66.67 |
| ओनया | onaya | 33.33 |
| Onya in the Russian language | ||
| Оня | ona | - |
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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 Onya
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