Omoniyi Surname
Approximately 42,617 people bear this surname
Omoniyi Surname User-submission:
The surname Omoniyi means 'your child is your dignity'. It comes from the Yoruba words omo, meaning 'child', ni, meaning 'is', and iyi, meaning 'dignity'.
Omoniyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 42,143 | 1:4,203 | 564 |
| England | 224 | 1:248,741 | 20,175 |
| United States | 113 | 1:3,207,601 | 184,423 |
| Canada | 40 | 1:921,140 | 70,350 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Omoniyi (19,348) may also be a first name.
Omoniyi Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Omoniyi means 'your child is your dignity'. It comes from the Yoruba words omo, meaning 'child', ni, meaning 'is', and iyi, meaning 'dignity'.
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Omoniyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omoniyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omoniyi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omoniyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Omoniyi is the 13,153rd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 171,001 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Omoniyi reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omoniyi is also the 38,787th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 19,348 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 42,143 people, or 1 in 4,203. In Nigeria Omoniyi is most frequent in: Ondo, where 21 percent reside, Ekiti, where 18 percent reside and Lagos, where 14 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 34 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Omoniyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Omoniyi last name is chiefly Christian (87%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Omoniyi surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Omoniyi earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 15.28% less than the national average, earning $36,555 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.8% less than the national average, earning $32,888 CAD per year.
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