Onyeama Surname

178,656th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,390 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onyeama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyeama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,3141:76,5535,482
England291:1,921,31276,208
United States281:12,944,962483,512
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Onyeama (257) may also be a first name.

Onyeama Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onyeama is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyeama? popularity and diffusion

The last name Onyeama is the 178,656th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,049,182 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Onyeama live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onyeama is also the 555,528th most numerous first name on earth, held by 257 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,314 people, or 1 in 76,553. In Nigeria Onyeama is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 36 percent live, Abia, where 19 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Onyeama Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Onyeama earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 45.1% less than the national average, earning R 130,452 per year and in United States they earn 47.14% less than the national average, earning $22,809 USD per year.

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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 Onyeama
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