Onams Surname
2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria
Onams Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onamse | 91 | 17 | / |
| Anams | 80 | 143 | / |
| Unams | 80 | 42 | / |
| Onans | 80 | 12 | / |
| Enams | 80 | 4 | / |
| Onems | 80 | 3 | / |
| Unamse | 73 | 15 | / |
| Annams | 73 | 9 | / |
| Anamst | 73 | 3 | / |
| Anamss | 73 | 3 | / |
| Anamsj | 73 | 2 | / |
| Anamse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ennams | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gonans | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ounans | 73 | 1 | / |
| Honans | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hanams | 73 | 0 | / |
| Henams | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hanhams | 67 | 51 | / |
| Hannams | 67 | 22 | / |
| O'Neans | 67 | 8 | / |
| Goonans | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unamsse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onnanse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gounans | 67 | 1 | / |
| O'Nains | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hunnams | 67 | 0 | / |
| Homnans | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Onams
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis