Onyay Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Onyay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Onyay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onyay occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Onyay occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyay reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Onyay is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 13,013,093. In Uganda Onyay is most numerous in: Hoima District, where 33 percent live, Masindi District, where 33 percent live and Zombo District, where 33 percent live. Outside of Uganda this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 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 Onyay
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