Udonyah Surname

1,144,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Udonyah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Udonyah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2071:855,76237,544
England21:27,859,030389,889
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896

Udonyah Last Name Facts

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

Udonyah is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Udonyah? popularity and diffusion

Udonyah is the 1,144,405th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Udonyah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 207 people, or 1 in 855,762. In Nigeria Udonyah is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 77 percent live, Adamawa, where 9 percent live and Cross River, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Jamaica, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Udohnyah938/
Udounyah931/
Udonya92393/
Udonnya8619/
Udonjah862/
Udonyoh861/
Udohnya861/
Udounyha801/
Udonyoho801/
Odonya77141/
Udenya7718/
Udanya7714/
Udonja776/
Udonyo771/
Udunya771/
Gudanya713/
Uduinya711/
Usdaniah6748/
Audonias672/
Udunaiya671/
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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 Udonyah
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