Onyira Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Onyira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Onyira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onyira is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Onyira.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyira? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,871,545th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. Onyira is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyira reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 2,361,903. In Nigeria Onyira is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 67 percent are found, Delta, where 15 percent are found and Enugu, where 13 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 22 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onyiora | 92 | 39 | / |
| Onyiera | 92 | 6 | / |
| Onyirah | 92 | 4 | / |
| Onyiorah | 86 | 54 | / |
| Onyiroha | 86 | 23 | / |
| Ongeyira | 86 | 1 | / |
| Onyera | 83 | 1,219 | / |
| Anyira | 83 | 790 | / |
| Onyiri | 83 | 503 | / |
| Onyiro | 83 | 440 | / |
| Onyire | 83 | 75 | / |
| Onjira | 83 | 17 | / |
| Oniera | 83 | 13 | / |
| Onyirioha | 80 | 600 | / |
| Onyiruoha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ganyira | 77 | 188 | / |
| Anyirah | 77 | 82 | / |
| Honyera | 77 | 43 | / |
| Ongeira | 77 | 24 | / |
| Onyiroh | 77 | 11 | / |
| Onyiero | 77 | 3 | / |
| Onyieri | 77 | 2 | / |
| Anyiera | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gonyire | 77 | 1 | / |
| Unyiera | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onyerra | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hunyira | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gonyiro | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ohnyiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gonyera | 77 | 1 | / |
| Honihera | 71 | 7 | / |
| Anyiorga | 71 | 4 | / |
| Anyirach | 71 | 3 | / |
| Gounyire | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ganyirah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onjairat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onehiora | 71 | 1 | / |
| Angeyira | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ongierra | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ongieraa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onyiriph | 71 | 1 | / |
| Anyiorah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onyirioh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goonjira | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ongera | 67 | 5,377 | / |
| Onyeri | 67 | 810 | / |
| Anyiri | 67 | 706 | / |
| Anyera | 67 | 649 | / |
| Onyero | 67 | 392 | / |
| Anyiro | 67 | 288 | / |
| Anjira | 67 | 287 | / |
| Onyere | 67 | 126 | / |
| Unyera | 67 | 112 | / |
| Onjiri | 67 | 32 | / |
| Eniera | 67 | 12 | / |
| Oniere | 67 | 9 | / |
| Onjiro | 67 | 8 | / |
| Aniera | 67 | 6 | / |
| Anyire | 67 | 4 | / |
| Enyiro | 67 | 4 | / |
| Onjera | 67 | 3 | / |
| Onyerioha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Enyera | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ounjairat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Enjira | 67 | 2 | / |
| Onhiri | 67 | 2 | / |
| Onhera | 67 | 2 | / |
| Unyiri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anyirioha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oniero | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Onyira
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