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 last name Onyah is most common in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Onyah is the 507,898th most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 11,298,521 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyah reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 456,894th most numerous given name in the world It is held by 363 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 639 people, or 1 in 277,219. In Nigeria Onyah is primarily found in: Delta, where 45 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 18 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and Ghana, where 0 percent reside.
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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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