Onyayi Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Onyayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 62 | 1:629,666 | 32,895 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Onyayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onyayi occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Onyayi is the 2,414,640th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name Onyayi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyayi are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Onyayi is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 629,666. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Amuru District, where 21 percent live, Tororo District, where 18 percent live and Kyankwanzi District, where 16 percent live. Other than Uganda it is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 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 Onyayi
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