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 has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Onyah.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 507,898th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,298,521 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 456,894th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 363 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 639 people, or 1 in 277,219. In Nigeria Onyah is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 45 percent live, Bayelsa, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Ghana, where 0 percent live.
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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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