Onyaye Family History & Genealogy
Onyaye Last Name History & Origin
AddSummary
Leader with example, uprightness, Faithful and Smile
History
It was derived from the founder of Twon-Brass kingdom. Obiakoro in 14th Centuries when he first left the Kingdom of Benin with the Daughter of Ogosi the then ruler of the Benin Empire because as a warrior you most sleep with a royal princess but he did this brings the culture of circumcision to prevent worrious from impregnating a princess. They name there first Child Onyaye meaning Witness
Name Origin
Onyaye are people mostly from the Nembe Ijaw people of Nigeria, the Name Onyaye was first given to one of the Sons of Obiakoro the founder of Twon-Brass Kingdom the Son Reign after the death of the father but he later abandon the Kingdom because of a woman he meant and moved to present day Kenyan. The meaning of Onyaye is Witness,Love and Unity
Spellings & Pronunciations
Onyanye, Oyanye,Oyanbo
Nationality & Ethnicity
Nembe Ijaw of Nigeria, Kenya
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Chief Onyaye Cristebi Ipalimote,
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