Onyema Surname
Approximately 47,933 people bear this surname
Onyema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 47,498 | 1:3,729 | 489 |
| United States | 163 | 1:2,223,674 | 139,425 |
| England | 97 | 1:574,413 | 34,909 |
| Guinea | 33 | 1:358,601 | 1,162 |
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
The alternate forms: Onyéma (1) are calculated separately.
Onyema (13,128) may also be a first name.
Onyema Demographics
Onyema Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Onyema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onyema is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Onyéma. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyema? popularity and diffusion
Onyema is the 11,721st most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 152,036 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onyema live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onyema is also the 50,924th most widely held forename at a global level It is held by 13,128 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 47,498 people, or 1 in 3,729. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Imo, where 36 percent are found, Anambra, where 16 percent are found and Abia, where 11 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in 39 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Onyema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Onyema surname is predominantly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Onyema are 24.9% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 78.13% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Onyema earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 24.1% less than the national average, earning R 180,372 per year and in United States they earn 23.07% more than the national average, earning $53,104 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 Onyema
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