Onyata Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Onyata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Onyata (28) may also be a first name.
Onyata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyata Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onyata has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Onyata.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyata? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Onyata live; 44 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 28 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Onyata is most numerous in: Benue, where 88 percent are found and Kaduna, where 13 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 33 percent are found and Uganda, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onyaata | 92 | 34 | / |
| Onyatta | 92 | 14 | / |
| Oneata | 83 | 449 | / |
| Anyata | 83 | 99 | / |
| Onyate | 83 | 11 | / |
| Onyati | 83 | 7 | / |
| Onyota | 83 | 6 | / |
| Oniata | 83 | 1 | / |
| Onyato | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ganyata | 77 | 246 | / |
| Honhata | 77 | 124 | / |
| Hanyata | 77 | 59 | / |
| Unyatta | 77 | 13 | / |
| Gunyata | 77 | 2 | / |
| Eunyata | 77 | 2 | / |
| Onyaste | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amnyata | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gonyaty | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oñata | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gonyatou | 71 | 12 | / |
| Honyathi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gonyathe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ganyatha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hougnata | 71 | 1 | / |
| Anyati | 67 | 256 | / |
| Oniate | 67 | 231 | / |
| Anyota | 67 | 113 | / |
| Unyati | 67 | 79 | / |
| Agnata | 67 | 45 | / |
| Anyato | 67 | 36 | / |
| Aniata | 67 | 27 | / |
| Anyate | 67 | 23 | / |
| Anjata | 67 | 19 | / |
| Onhate | 67 | 11 | / |
| Onyoto | 67 | 8 | / |
| Oniati | 67 | 7 | / |
| Onyoti | 67 | 6 | / |
| Onyote | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oniota | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aneata | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oneate | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ognate | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unyate | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onhati | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Onyata
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