Onyiah Surname
Approximately 451 people bear this surname
Onyiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 405 | 1:437,390 | 22,495 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Onyiah (18) may also be a first name.
Onyiah Demographics
Average Onyiah Salary in
United States
$42,396 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Onyiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onyiah is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyiah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 664,903rd most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 16,158,638 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Onyiah are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onyiah is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 18 people.
The surname Onyiah is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 405 people, or 1 in 437,390. In Nigeria Onyiah is primarily found in: Enugu, where 50 percent are found, Lagos, where 13 percent are found and Rivers, where 7 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.
Onyiah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Onyiah are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.
Onyiah earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.75% less than the national average, earning $42,396 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 Onyiah
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