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 last name Omonye is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Omonye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omonye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Omonye is the 1,465,390th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name Omonye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Omonye are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 299,270th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 754 people.
Omonye is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 111 people, or 1 in 1,595,881. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 31 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 29 percent reside and Edo, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Omonye is found 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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