Onyela Surname
Approximately 323 people bear this surname
Onyela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 314 | 1:564,149 | 27,398 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Onyela (66) may also be a first name.
Onyela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onyela occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 847,909th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 22,562,062 people. The surname Onyela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyela reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onyela is also the 1,201,840th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 66 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 564,149. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 42 percent reside, Enugu, where 25 percent reside and Abia, where 11 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Onyela
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