O'Nill Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

O'Nill Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

O'Nill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland231:192,6039,322
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

O'Nill Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name O'Nill Come From? nationality or country of origin

O'Nill is held by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name O'Nill? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 86 percent of O'Nill are found; 86 percent are found in Australasia and 86 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most prevalent in Australia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 4,499,284. In Australia O'Nill is primarily concentrated in: Queensland, where 50 percent live and Northern Territory, where 50 percent live. Barring Australia O'Nill exists in one country. It is also found in Ireland, where 14 percent live.

O'Nill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of O'Nill has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people carrying the O'Nill last name declined 96 percent between 1901 and 2014.

O'Nill Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
O'Neill92121,191/
O'Niell92295/
Onill9121/
O'Nil916/
O'Neille8613/
O'Neil8325,898/
Oniell83331/
O'Niel83187/
O'Nell8350/
Ongill834/
Honill831/
Oenill831/
Gonill831/
Onil80624/
Onll801/
O'Neall77222/
O'Neell773/
O'Nelle771/
Ounnill771/
Oniel73690/
Onell73512/
Ongil73140/
Otnil7371/
Enill7353/
Anill7317/
Gonil7314/
Honil7312/
Osnil738/
Oinil734/
Ounil733/
Onyll732/
O'Nel732/
Onnil731/
Onëll731/
Oenil731/
O'Neal6713,743/
Gonell671,952/
Hounil67113/
O'Neel6794/
Omnell6775/
Ohnell6751/
Honell6739/
O'Nele6719/
Onl6716/
Oneell6715/
Ohniel678/
Onnell678/
Angill677/
Hanill676/
Osnell673/
Onniel673/
Aniell672/
Oiniel672/
Honiel671/
Eenill671/
Goniol671/
O'Cennell671/
Hosnil671/
Onelll670/
Otnell670/
Atnill670/
Annill670/
Oniehl670/

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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 O'Nill
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