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
The last name Onyera occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyera? popularity and diffusion
It is the 309,358th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,978,299 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyera reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Onyera is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 21 people.
This surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,189 people, or 1 in 32,834. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Masindi District, where 24 percent reside, Kiryandongo District, where 23 percent reside and Hoima District, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Uganda it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found 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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