Esionye Surname

1,085,744th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Esionye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Esionye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2191:808,87136,014
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Esionye Last Name Facts

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

Esionye occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Esionye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,085,744th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 32,103,727 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Esionye live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 808,871. In Nigeria Esionye is mostly found in: Abia, where 69 percent reside, Rivers, where 9 percent reside and Lagos, where 8 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Esionye exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 3 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Esionoye931/
Esonye92206/
Esuonye863/
Isionye861/
Jesioneu804/
Esionayi801/
Esonge7743/
Izonye7732/
Ezonye7721/
Esanye7716/
Isonye773/
Esonie770/
Ichonye7127/
Esaniye7116/
Gesonge7111/
Esoniyo714/
Ezuonye714/
Izuonye714/
Echonye714/
Esoniyi713/
Jesonge713/
Esanyie712/
Esongei711/
Jessogne6774/
Esonnaya677/
Ehsaniye672/
Essougne671/
Ehsanaye671/
Aisonaye671/
Hessoney670/

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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
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  • 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 Esionye
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