Onyala Surname

478,427th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 698 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Onyala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda6721:58,0946,798
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Kenya71:6,597,12951,431
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Onyala (21) may also be a first name.

Onyala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onyala is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Onyala click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyala? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 478,427th most commonly held surname globally, held by around 1 in 10,440,610 people. Onyala is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Onyala live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Onyala is also the 2,368,944th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 21 people.

The last name Onyala is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 672 people, or 1 in 58,094. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Lira District, where 25 percent live, Kole District, where 16 percent live and Alebtong District, where 14 percent live. Besides Uganda this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 2 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gonyala9215/
Onyalla9212/
Oonyala924/
Ounyala921/
Onyohala8627/
Onyallah861/
Onyahala861/
Onyalo83658/
Oniala83318/
Onjala83311/
Anyala83179/
Onyali83155/
Onyale8322/
Unyala8313/
Onyola832/
Oneala831/
Onijala77249/
Anyalai77103/
Hanyala7789/
Gonyola7718/
Anyalau7718/
Ounyale7716/
Gonyali779/
Honyali778/
Honhala775/
Oniaala774/
Ganyala774/
Annyala774/
Anyalla774/
Onihala773/
Gunyala773/
Anyalay773/
Honyale772/
Onyalei772/
Onayola771/
Gonyale771/
Onialla771/
Ognalia771/
Anyaala771/
Anyalaa771/
Onjalah771/
Honyola771/
Oñala731/
Ounjaila7141/
Gonyaylo7119/
Aunyalat7110/
Hanyalah718/
Ganjyala717/
Ahanyala714/
Hounyalo712/
Goonjala711/
Anjala67781/
Agnala67748/
Anyali67495/
Onyolo67463/
Oneale67322/
Oniola67144/
Anyalo67103/
Aniala6792/
Anyola6773/
Ognale6769/
Onialo6762/
Anyale6761/
Onyole6754/
Onjalo6715/
Onjale6712/
Anyaly6711/
Oniale6711/
Unyali679/
Onjali676/
Uniala675/
Anhala674/
Unjala674/
Onjola673/
Aneala672/
Oniali672/
Onyoli672/
Anyalioha671/
Hanyhalay671/
Onealy670/

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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 Onyala
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