Onyanga Surname
Approximately 3,079 people bear this surname
Onyanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 3,065 | 1:12,737 | 2,085 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Onyanga (18) may also be a first name.
Onyanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onyanga is found most in Uganda. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Onyanga.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyanga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 144,329th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,366,855 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyanga reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Onyanga is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 18 people.
The last name Onyanga is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 3,065 people, or 1 in 12,737. In Uganda Onyanga is most frequent in: Lira District, where 23 percent are found, Alebtong District, where 20 percent are found and Otuke District, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and Kenya, 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 Onyanga
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