Onyemena Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onyemena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyemena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria611:2,903,98091,283
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England11:55,718,059489,080

Onyemena Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onyemena is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyemena? popularity and diffusion

The last name Onyemena is the 2,333,370th most common last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Onyemena are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 21 percent reside, Lagos, where 16 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 15 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent reside and England, 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
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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 Onyemena
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