Onyah Surname
Approximately 645 people bear this surname
Onyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 639 | 1:277,219 | 15,707 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Onyah (363) may also be a first name.
Onyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onyah has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyah? popularity and diffusion
Onyah is the 507,898th most frequently held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 11,298,521 people. The last name Onyah is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyah reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onyah is also the 456,894th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 363 people.
Onyah is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 639 people, or 1 in 277,219. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 45 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 18 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Ghana, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Onyah
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