Onyeka Surname
Approximately 40,602 people bear this surname
Onyeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39,805 | 1:4,450 | 593 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| England | 155 | 1:359,471 | 25,733 |
| United States | 92 | 1:3,939,771 | 214,590 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 1:126,186 | 322 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Iceland | 8 | 1:47,511 | 3,734 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Onyeka (97,979) may also be a first name.
Onyeka Demographics
Onyeka Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Onyeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onyeka occurs most in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyeka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 13,746th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 179,487 people. The surname Onyeka occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Onyeka are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onyeka is also the 10,387th most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 97,979 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 39,805 people, or 1 in 4,450. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Anambra, where 31 percent are found, Imo, where 22 percent are found and Borno, where 7 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 42 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Onyeka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Onyeka surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.
The amount Onyeka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 71.98% more than the national average, earning R 408,696 per year; in United States they earn 9.8% less than the national average, earning $38,919 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.53% more than the national average, earning $55,910 CAD 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
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- 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 Onyeka
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