Onyera Surname
Approximately 1,219 people bear this surname
Onyera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,189 | 1:32,834 | 4,402 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Onyera (21) may also be a first name.
Onyera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyera Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onyera is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyera? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 309,358th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 5,978,299 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyera live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 21 people.
It is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 1,189 people, or 1 in 32,834. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Masindi District, where 24 percent reside, Kiryandongo District, where 23 percent reside and Hoima District, where 17 percent reside. Besides Uganda this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 0 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 Onyera
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