Omonye Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Omonye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 111 | 1:1,595,881 | 59,722 |
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Omonye (754) may also be a first name.
Omonye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omonye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omonye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omonye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Omonye is the 1,465,390th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Omonye reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omonye is also the 299,270th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 754 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 111 people, or 1 in 1,595,881. In Nigeria Omonye is mostly found in: Benue, where 31 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 29 percent reside and Edo, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 22 percent reside and Benin, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Omonye
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