Onyaga Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Onyaga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyaga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon981:211,92921,585
Uganda351:1,115,40846,348
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Kenya71:6,597,12951,431

Onyaga (35) may also be a first name.

Onyaga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onyaga is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Onyaga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyaga? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,422,956th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. The last name Onyaga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyaga reside; 64 percent reside in Central Africa and 64 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Onyaga is also the 1,744,716th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 35 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 211,929. In Cameroon Onyaga is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 89 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 10 percent are found and East Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 23 percent are found and Nigeria, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onyanga923,079/
Oinyaga9226/
Gonyaga924/
Onyagah921/
Onyagha921/
Onyangai8688/
Onyang'a862/
Ounyanga861/
Onyangha861/
Onyaanga861/
Onyagi8365/
Oneaga8358/
Onyago8339/
Anyaga8316/
Oniaga839/
Onjaga836/
Onyage831/
Unyaga831/
Onyango77302,197/
Honhaga778,521/
Anyanga773,632/
Onyangi77340/
Onyonga7792/
Unyanga7768/
Gunyaga7748/
Gonjaga7721/
Anyagha7713/
Goniaga7711/
Onyange7711/
Oneagha777/
Onianga773/
Ganyaga772/
Anyagat772/
Anyoaga771/
Hanyaga771/
Oniagha771/
Hanyanga71435/
Hounyoga7136/
Anyangha7114/
Anyangah7113/
Onyanngo719/
Honnhaga715/
Onyaango715/
Onyang'o714/
Onyanggo713/
Onyang'i713/
Onyangoh713/
Ony'ango711/
Onyayngo711/
Anyan'ga711/
Oneheaga711/
Onyongai711/
Onyangoo711/
Ganyaaga711/
Aunyanga711/
Anyangai711/
O'Nyango711/
Onyangoi711/
Anyago671,244/
Anyage67529/
Aniaga67105/
Haanyanga6767/
Anyagi6729/
Anyoga6714/
Onyogo678/
Onyoge678/
Unyago675/
Anjaga672/
Agnaga672/
Oneago671/
Onjago671/
Onjoga671/
Uniaga671/
Hosnyhagy671/
Anyagé671/
Unyagi671/
Aneaga671/
Onehieaga671/

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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 Onyaga
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